Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	84.7% 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	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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141111
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 20:21
Run Duration	400 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 80.2 2-Core 232 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 658 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 210 Parallax 186 156% 196 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 187 Splatting 128 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 235GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9437275 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 635 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 67 287763857437 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 111670067226 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 733 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1872 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1579 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1083 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.2% Very good	Read 464 Write 344 Mixed 326 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 16.9 79% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 17.1 81% 186 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 85GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6458 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1365 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34372255899 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 41 176094642203 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 313537855568 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1864 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2909 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2463 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6505 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 485 Write 324 Mixed 324 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 16.3 92% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 22.1 46% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 108%
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 128GB-$190 585 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^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 1124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1345 (B1) Unknown 100 100 114875 (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 52 (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 376044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 152357	84.7% Excellent	Read 644 Write 320 Mixed 423 102% 462 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 26 105% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 78 88% 140 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 116%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 147 11200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2141 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1345 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1954 (C2) HDA temperature 114 108 38 (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% Excellent	Read 144 Write 142 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 675GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 142 11341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1760 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1345 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1610 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 39 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 93.8 Mixed 96.9 74% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.26 125% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 100%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 783GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 190 3383 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1520 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1347 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1468 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 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	92.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 150 Mixed 127 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.18 4K Mixed 0.33 168% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 117%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB 4,876 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 23GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	9.25% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 5.2 Mixed 7.37 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.97 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.93 92% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.25% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 22.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 119%

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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 $15	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