Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	205% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '16 at 19:43
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 714 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.63 Reflection 8.04 Parallax 7.25 4% 6.64 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.49% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 160 Parallax 135 121% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 115 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5821 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 962 (B1) Unknown 94 94 68 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 21 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28077053035	93.5% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 243 Mixed 358 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 29 155% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 88.3 121% 224 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,484 Write 900 Mixed 1,099 257% 1,161 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 54 239% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 192 206% 350 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 907GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106333280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 50 180433340069 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58402 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 51539607585 (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 -83915071025210 (F1) Unknown 100 253 103290378491093 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -56823065189375	98.9% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 170 Mixed 175 131% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.34 108% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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	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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16