Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	144% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '16 at 19:57
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 708 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6905 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 223 Parallax 223 170% 218 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 192 Splatting 132 125% 155 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3263 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1019 (B1) Unknown 99 99 28 (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 76 68 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10859071089	90.3% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 463 Mixed 480 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 23.4 131% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 21.2 30% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 118%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 116GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 6393 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1821 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6347998233496 (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 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	70.9% Very good	Read 490 Write 265 Mixed 350 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 5.74 96% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 5.91 57% 131 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 74%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 29GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 12022654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 108739982008636 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3093 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 659 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12022654 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12022654 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12022654 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2803 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3859 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3859 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5542	52.9% Above average	Read 199 Write 125 Mixed 143 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 13.3 107% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 42.3 60% 113 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 186GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9700 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5572 (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 97 97 15101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4965 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 69 386662423 (C2) HDA temperature 75 68 436994073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 660593 (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 99 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	41.1% Average	Read 68 Write 75.2 Mixed 60.1 51% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 81%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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