Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.6% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150625
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '15 at 06:42
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 139 2-Core 267 93% 203 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 766 78% 628 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5850 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 130 Parallax 114 104% 124 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 113 Splatting 105 88% 108 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 383GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,415 Write 1,225 Mixed 1,449 304% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 34.2 140% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 21.4 93% 209 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 291%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7992 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 634 (B1) Unknown 98 98 17 (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 59 55 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 410 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11395683149	91.6% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 346 Mixed 352 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 24.2 128% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 78.3 114% 214 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 868GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 69896 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 64GB-$13 599 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 23GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 198 Write 58.5 Mixed 61.9 108% 106 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.26 38% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $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	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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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

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Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)