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 above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	42% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 22:23
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 358 50% 368 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 37 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 44.3 30% 38.2 fps	Gravity 30.8 Splatting 38.2 31% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9034779 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 25821343392891 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 430 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 57 1095220396061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9034779 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9034779 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9034779 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10386 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10955 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10955 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14806	73.5% Very good	Read 506 Write 168 Mixed 171 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14 118% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 64.6 89% 164 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 85%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5625 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (A5) Unknown 100 100 143197 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 36 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 33 214748692513 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 120 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 134 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5564102978 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12685239920	42% Average	Read 450 Write 245 Mixed 154 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 7.84 4K Mixed 6.21 31% 8.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 56%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 68GB free Firmware: VT100-50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5952 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13259 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3474 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 6881292 (BE) vendor-specific 148 106 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 106 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10231439 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 1	31.4% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 51 Mixed 58.8 42% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GB 12,132 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 34%

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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