Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 04:07
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 613 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 202 Parallax 196 146% 192 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 180 Splatting 118 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 480GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 308GB free Firmware: SAFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 538 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2031676 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 266 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14301	81.6% Excellent	Read 513 Write 334 Mixed 352 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 9.49 104% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 9.26 75% 178 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 99%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 49837804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -112081466537487 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1930 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 219 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 43 60132360225 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 60132360225 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 49837804 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 49837804 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 49837804 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 89 89 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 46761 (EA) Unknown 0 0 30223 (F1) Unknown 0 0 30223 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19384	46.6% Average	Read 249 Write 181 Mixed 194 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 12.8 80% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 8.51 19% 37.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 286GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198372136 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14142533 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (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 68 56 572129312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3864 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 77309411360 (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 125090922501198 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15104022090 (F2) Unknown 100 253 119194510477	52.1% Above average	Read 69.1 Write 111 Mixed 84.8 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.43 162% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 186GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46654319 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3018 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106243730 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3003 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098370 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 572129313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 19 46654319 (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 37967510934919 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3101629104 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1120121010	58.4% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 104 Mixed 97.8 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.31 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 68%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 316GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 84.3 Write 98.5 Mixed 55.5 101% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 63%

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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	2,689x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16