Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.2% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 17:01
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 726 80% 630 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 373A) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 63.4 61% 70.2 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 72 58% 71 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 990 Write 474 Mixed 633 154% 699 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 15.1 86% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 12.2 21% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 182%
Team L3 EVO SSD 120GB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 56GB free Firmware: SBFD00.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1419 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 93 93 119 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589834 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1058	80.3% Excellent	Read 500 Write 437 Mixed 408 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 9.3 110% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 9.29 23% 45 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 677GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 167 2950 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17588 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7693 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16346 (C2) HDA temperature 107 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 73	72.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 106 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.37 133% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 514GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 167 1875 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1939 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2680 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 35 (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	90.4% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 150 Mixed 156 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 414GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 184 3475 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6508 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3306 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 36054 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 35 (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 96 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.9% Average	Read 89.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 79.7 64% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

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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	2,669x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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