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 (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 20:48
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 413 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6124623366294 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1448 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 47 55837655076 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 759995 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 32 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 759995 (F2) Unknown 100 100 352536 (F9) Unknown 100 100 62372	70.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 201 Mixed 309 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 17.4 100% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 49.3 84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 359GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 79 Write 100 Mixed 100 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 324GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4496 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1985 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4267 (C2) HDA temperature 104 94 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 (F0) Head flying hours 94 94 5043 (F1) Unknown 200 200 20254421759 (F2) Unknown 200 200 20093984581	68.1% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 124 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 7GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 80.2 Write 10.9 Mixed 24.5 37% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.81 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.43 105% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 71%

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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	2,671x
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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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