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 as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	583 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 695 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 429GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4707 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 95 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 815079261	74.8% Very good	Read 496 Write 401 Mixed 417 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 18.8 97% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 49 DQ Mixed 17.9 20% 33.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 134%
Asus RAIDR Express PCIe 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 190GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	83.2% Excellent	Read 630 Write 384 Mixed 460 109% 491 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 11.1 72% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 11.5 92% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 101%
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 128GB-$190 585 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 2211 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (B1) Unknown 100 100 180038 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 547532 (F2) Unknown 100 100 174705	78.4% Very good	Read 670 Write 323 Mixed 425 104% 473 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 16.3 85% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 15.7 53% 108 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 116%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 195 9050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2966 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 30 (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	82.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 132 Mixed 124 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 98%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 492GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8666 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25574 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1292 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25184 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 34 (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	70.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 113 Mixed 106 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 86%

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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 $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	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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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