Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 480 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1413 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 72.4 65% 77.3 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 63.6 57% 70.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 100 100 870 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1131 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 84 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 171799609374 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 26500535384 (F7) Unknown 100 100 835110959 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1979929969	112% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 465 Mixed 490 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 35.6 158% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 64.2 123% 248 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 508GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3538704 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4330001524 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2633 (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 64 56 622854180 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 624 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56680 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 55834574884 (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 50934017165909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28267215958 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35751131328	69.7% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 146 99% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 376GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7853 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4992 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6695 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 40 (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	60.9% Good	Read 118 Write 94.3 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905402-187.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905402-187.A00LF 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $15	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