Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	69.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 764 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2342 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6561 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3255 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 41 (EB) Unknown 99 99 919 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10800589362	114% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 412 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46 184% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 109 129% 225 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 102GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8481 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4397 (B1) Unknown 97 97 59 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 89 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1295 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16307707392	109% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 412 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.9 186% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 27.8 56% 107 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3945 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (64) Unknown 100 100 7277632 (65) Unknown 100 100 1025216 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 958 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1082 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2750 (B7) Unknown 99 99 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 206159478815 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 20 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 20 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11825 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5287 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9166 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12798 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 20	69.4% Good	Read 483 Write 264 Mixed 259 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 11.8 85% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 24.3 70% 153 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 92%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 618GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 921 (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 95 95 2320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 20147 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 214749282332 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	60.1% Good	Read 138 Write 71.4 Mixed 92.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 167GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5886 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4284 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 9 4295032965 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 522125343 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2711 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3174 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 60 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 142 Mixed 137 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.3 125% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 251 Write 168 Mixed 176 240% 199 MB/s	4K Read 9.62 4K Write 4.74 4K Mixed 2.6 285% 5.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2424 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 29.3 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 103%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $130Bench 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 $52

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