Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	108% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 23:48
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 126 2-Core 259 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 682 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 213 Parallax 208 157% 205 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 190 Splatting 135 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEDMW012T4 1TB 1,068 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 637GB free Firmware: 8EV10135 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,156 Write 1,274 Mixed 1,556 368% 1,662 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 27.2 193% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 440 DQ Mixed 219 175% 231 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 250%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7929 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 68 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28810819827	108% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 401 Mixed 409 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 41.2 168% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 116 131% 222 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 190GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 26527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 247 (AE) Unknown 100 100 162 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 54 197568495650 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 32134280703 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1018343739 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2911273040	87.6% Excellent	Read 493 Write 267 Mixed 350 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 30 131% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 50.4 98% 196 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 91%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 38654705664 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 150325428253 (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 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 177 Mixed 175 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.51 170% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 121%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2TB free Firmware: CC3H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162823746 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194703231 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 64380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 163 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4590 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 59 833236369659 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 559 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 555221021 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 22 162823746 (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 -119928371764903 (F1) Unknown 100 253 528000452 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2273331974	82.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 131 Mixed 109 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.46 120% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2TB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143343894 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52637917 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 68720525328 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 471203866 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 23 143343894 (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 69733089036221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1501714286 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2538889082	79.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 135 Mixed 131 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.44 121% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 68%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 667GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46829992 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 204388455 (09) Power-on hours count 18 18 72162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 430 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 11518 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 572260384 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 18 46829992 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.3% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 88.8 Mixed 73.6 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400C10 Series 4x8GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 116%

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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 $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