Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141111
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 17:22
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	70% Good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 430 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1029 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 83.9 56% 72 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 79.4 55% 65.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 281GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1651 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 587900258	79.1% Very good	Read 371 Write 302 Mixed 312 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 33.3 119% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 109 106% 171 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 93GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41034 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (E8) Unknown 100 100 16970612035 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	99.6% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 376 Mixed 390 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 34.5 148% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 123 148% 259 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 134704651 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 -86423331903916 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 27 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 44 1009320198172 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 1009320198172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 134704651 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 134704651 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 134704651 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 69442 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24868 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24868 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18244	63.9% Good	Read 431 Write 197 Mixed 181 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.2 99% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 37.9 56% 104 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 94.5 Write 115 Mixed 73.6 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.45 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 196154112 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 92625568 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 114585432494233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 588513312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11044 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 85899345952 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -60241211289447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1244607737 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1151482442	95.9% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 178 Mixed 135 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 327GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 58799616 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4355043508 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 13540720674 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 212075 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75514115032285 (F1) Unknown 100 253 118856699965020 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -69351181343983	85.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 141 Mixed 117 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 221GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 94 220434349 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39717914 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 456 (BC) Unknown 100 97 25770197003 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 655687714 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 139647 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 73014444066 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 200 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 200 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 125430224934435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37704341275 (F2) Unknown 100 253 524182890549	64.6% Good	Read 106 Write 119 Mixed 119 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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