Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141111
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 01:09
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 682 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 141 Parallax 124 109% 133 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^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 31106 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 70 (AD) Unknown 92 92 246 (AE) Unknown 100 100 320 (B5) Unknown 100 100 24773661754680 (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 86 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (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 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	59.9% Above average	Read 488 Write 187 Mixed 275 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 6.55 94% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 7.49 23% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 34892816 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48915052 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 588775456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 135985 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 47244640288 (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 -116277649598895 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42860866204 (F2) Unknown 100 253 401576893044	90.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 151 Mixed 138 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 159GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90711662 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25896300018 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 927 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 605618210 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 12884901922 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 19 90711662 (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 90937342598022 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1303885914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3951290449	61% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 95.1 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 25.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

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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	2,691x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16