Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	6056 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 6056 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 19:08
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 624 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 623 38% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 63 Parallax 89.7 59% 74.9 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 78.9 56% 67.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 190 190 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C2) HDA temperature 70 56 188980002846 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.1% Above average	Read 509 Write 113 Mixed 277 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 14.1 80% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 17.7 31% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 107%
Drobo B800i 17.5TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 13.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 91.7 Mixed 75.9 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.42 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.46 166% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 597GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 84 223133865 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1220 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 336 (07) Seek error rate 59 55 51551496726 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 57794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5520 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 622592031 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 98784247839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 15 223133865 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 111 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 98 98 111 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31413390751231 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3737302258 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1797677018	59% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 97.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	101x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16