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 (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	87.3% 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 16:03
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 690 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 0995) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1821 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 125 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327702 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 928	87.3% Excellent	Read 521 Write 484 Mixed 493 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 13.7 119% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 13.7 27% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 94%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 35GB free Firmware: 0007 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd 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 13790 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2381 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 173 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12008764147917 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 167 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	44.9% Average	Read 358 Write 72.1 Mixed 119 39% 183 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 4.1 88% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 20.2 23% 39 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69276912 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82474826 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1554 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 65845 (BD) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 4799594526 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83621 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 -140737488355298 (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 65485366366741 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22574804729 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28701994012	95.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 153 Mixed 139 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 113%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 230GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 152 5141 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4233 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3326 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4215 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 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	52.9% Above average	Read 99 Write 85.1 Mixed 83.6 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.38 111% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 65%
WD WD2500YS-01SHB1 251GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 30GB free Firmware: 20.06C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 117 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6336 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4626 (C2) HDA temperature 121 98 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	21.4% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 35.7 Mixed 35.3 28% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C11-4GAO 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-2133C11-4GAO 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 35.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.3 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 98%

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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