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 (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	179% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 04:56
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 744 81% 641 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF104C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,477 Write 542 Mixed 777 204% 932 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 54.6 204% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 625 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 208 243% 424 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 246%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 212GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 562 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 126 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 72 64 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1407399247	122% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 408 Mixed 418 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 54.2 199% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 129 152% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 111GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1658 (A5) Unknown 100 100 661532247369 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 58 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 847 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 56 240518889497 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622909302278 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10013 (EA) Unknown 100 100 28204 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17865 (F2) Unknown 253 253 28785 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 501 Write 276 Mixed 305 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 18.7 124% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 48.1 97% 202 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7.5TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100343576 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 75 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 504655 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 71 420544537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 389 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 99 100343576 (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 9109625634840 (F1) Unknown 100 253 242558484 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30392332
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 176GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6047 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2290 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1021 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 98048 (C2) HDA temperature 125 100 25 (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	74.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 112 Mixed 94.5 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 87%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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