Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 03:16
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 211 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 570 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2986) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 72.3 65% 77.8 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 63.8 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 143GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 203 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 988 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 145 (A3) Unknown 100 100 54 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28688 (A5) Unknown 100 100 70 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6957 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 292507 (F2) Unknown 100 100 240833 (F5) Unknown 100 100 459008	104% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 418 Mixed 461 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.3 148% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 72.9 112% 212 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 102GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17323 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1649 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (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 62 58 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10207638947	105% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 454 Mixed 455 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27.4 142% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 77.8 128% 247 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20316 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2631 (B1) Unknown 88 88 422 (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 59 53 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 415 (EB) Unknown 99 99 154 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30482461071	76.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 167 Mixed 190 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 21.1 125% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 63.1 90% 171 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90139600 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17244522075 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2604 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 655753255 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 129395 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 73014444071 (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 140612934309690 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32786036365 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44630528393	90.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 137 Mixed 163 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 134GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 87 36285404 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 219247646 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5832 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 56 40 740687916 (C2) HDA temperature 44 60 51539607596 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 57 222002645 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.4% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 57.6 Mixed 51.3 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.36 77% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 15.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	183x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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