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 (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	93.8% 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 10:06
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 673 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 99 99 4714 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1228 (B1) Unknown 97 97 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 263 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17151002570	93.8% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 347 Mixed 354 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 24.2 141% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 67.7 101% 192 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 118%
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 59GB free Firmware: HC8110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7598 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1216 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 39885 (F2) Unknown 100 100 143913	99.8% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 433 Mixed 440 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 36.6 152% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 79 87% 138 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 103%
Sandisk X300 2.5 7MM 128GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 33GB free Firmware: X3520012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1756 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 108 (B4) Unknown 100 100 8088 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 335024226560 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1957631489 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4110001699	95.9% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 392 Mixed 350 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 22.5 145% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 60.7 103% 203 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 91 128283024 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 45 2173789047641 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 708 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 756 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 4749328411 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 81567 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 232 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 232 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75771813048193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33512277580 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74927043949	109% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 165 Mixed 157 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,669x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
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	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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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