Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	143% 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	80.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 758 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.3% 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) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2927 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 222 Parallax 198 167% 209 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 196 Splatting 138 129% 159 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17727 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 331 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 56 188979675166 (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 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 47656896672 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1593404607 (F8) Unknown 100 100 449658078	80.3% Excellent	Read 476 Write 399 Mixed 415 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 35 108% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 78 DQ Write 43.6 DQ Mixed 43.3 37% 55 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 107%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8782 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (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 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 167505100839 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 562 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 59GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 94 177720704 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2060 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51899725 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 330 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 572063771 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 15 15 170750 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (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 -139552077377332 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44023002000 (F2) Unknown 100 253 542306420179	56.4% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 100 Mixed 101 75% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 13GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47679840 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18935881 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 4883808283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83560 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 -140737488355301 (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 129682242537525 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39310190388 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35837829732	50.6% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 85.5 Mixed 89.3 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.35 97% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116347712 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49913957 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 71 57 4867096605 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 113936 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 -140737488355299 (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 8040178785709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 71283431392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76811726067	85.4% Excellent	Read 172 Write 126 Mixed 123 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2405 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 28.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 43.3 92% 43.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 103%

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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