Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 12:43
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 616 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.5 39% 43.8 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,359 Write 1,036 Mixed 1,041 254% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 23.5 167% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 54.9 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 23.2 36% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 236%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 76GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 11137 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2378 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 198 (AE) Unknown 100 100 146 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 46 231929282598 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 21722323005 (F7) Unknown 100 100 682076633 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2579074505	82.4% Excellent	Read 506 Write 334 Mixed 391 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 20.5 122% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 50.1 62% 110 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 97%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 1.5TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 622GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 94 1965 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9210 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5558 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 339 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11563 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4038 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 94 1965 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3586 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 622460954 (C2) HDA temperature 71 59 689307677 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 84314363 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 339 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 92 27 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 97 97 221	48.4% Average	Read 75.2 Write 93.4 Mixed 84.9 64% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 325GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 226337456 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4244550 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6447 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1093 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 689700901 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6157 (C2) HDA temperature 37 14 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 226337456 (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 -48387101553724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1851337299 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2494856108	70.7% Very good	Read 119 Write 128 Mixed 143 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.24 57% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 492GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7725192 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5598394 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1902 (B7) Unknown 72 72 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 132 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 740098087 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35901 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 64424509479 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 130 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11875584567717 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7808368491 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8300512140	95.3% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 149 Mixed 186 131% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 151GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111556720 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47255667 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2306 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 589168673 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 148816 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1408749268100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21859383694 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1810158756315	77.5% Very good	Read 150 Write 120 Mixed 127 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 88%

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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	2,675x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
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	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16