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 (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	96.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 20:41
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 621 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6413 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1845 (B1) Unknown 97 97 25 (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 57 51 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 306 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18172129125	96.5% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 348 Mixed 353 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 26.5 147% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 78 110% 205 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 118%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 57GB free Firmware: 300i 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 0 0 -109727823564995 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2400 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 848 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 238018 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 238018 (F2) Unknown 100 100 380030 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8413	69.5% Good	Read 451 Write 126 Mixed 196 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 16.8 131% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 40.7 58% 108 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 80%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 784GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 221 180 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7497 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4917 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1595 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 110 110 270786 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 40 (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 200 200 600 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.5% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 55.5 Mixed 63.4 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.06 27% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 51%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 252GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 165 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3801 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1835 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3524 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 40 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.4% Below average	Read 49.8 Write 70 Mixed 52.2 43% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.24 51% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 11 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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