Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '16 at 21:43
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 470 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.9% 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 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 128 104% 132 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-533 480GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 447GB free Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 22 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 97 (E7) Temperature 100 100 29 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4	98.1% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 420 Mixed 452 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 36.4 132% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 70.8 105% 198 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 107%
Toshiba THNSNJ512GCSU 512GB 1,378 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 434GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 75 69 133145100313 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	110% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 484 Mixed 506 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 45.7 152% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 180 165% 252 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
Toshiba THNSNJ512GCSU 512GB 1,378 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 76 70 128850133016 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 480 Mixed 504 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 42.3 129% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 169 155% 238 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 275GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st 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 71 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 701 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 85 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1 (F1) Unknown 0 0 609 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6789	92.9% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 400 Mixed 401 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 34 133% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 67.5 103% 194 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5.5TB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20690103 (03) Spinup time 88 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 71522542 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 249111904314 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 588447775 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 4029 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32796 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 43 20690103 (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 88102664143870 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47576585689 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89107497798	113% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 198 Mixed 181 144% 192 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.43 140% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387657132 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4285 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 219044380699 (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	95.5% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 145 Mixed 137 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 157GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 100 100 (03) Spinup time 125 100 17199792432 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8024 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 84 239337856 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 438566942 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8410 (C2) HDA temperature 200 111 231929217054 (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	50.2% Above average	Read 85.4 Write 89.7 Mixed 87.2 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 76%
WD Passport X 107D 2TB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 107d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 30.3 Mixed 25 38% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 0118 8GBH2X04E99927-15 Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns

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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	2,671x
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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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