Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.7% 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	190% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 19:01
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 706 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1925 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 125 Parallax 112 97% 119 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 109 Splatting 88.7 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 486GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4745 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1886 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34390475107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 211 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 47 201865035803 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 253408641109 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4777 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14971 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12961 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13969 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 330 Mixed 303 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 19.9 125% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 40.1 81% 168 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,398 Write 702 Mixed 1,012 229% 1,037 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 51.7 245% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 538 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 184 195% 329 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197477960 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5508269 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1383 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 85428 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 94489280542 (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 24558623001301 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6943840714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34885748486	62.4% Good	Read 109 Write 109 Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.15 75% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 474GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3163 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2943 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2831 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.9% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 162 Mixed 144 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.24 107% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 4x4GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,760 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16