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 way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	227% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '16 at 20:12
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 712 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,480 Write 1,254 Mixed 1,404 308% 1,379 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 59.4 217% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 247 266% 444 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 182%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 911GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91827400 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2539 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30959218 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1285 (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 57 47 757137451 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 600 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48075 (C2) HDA temperature 43 53 81604378667 (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 -46432891428178 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16550994639 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29440525999	98% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 161 Mixed 151 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 354GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 36 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2496 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1533 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6076 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 223339479075 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3201 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 128 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 320520	52.5% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 97 Mixed 95.1 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 27.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

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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	2,666x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	309x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	523x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	245x

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 $273	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 $186	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