Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	175% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 16:35
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 720 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1925 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 124 Parallax 113 96% 118 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 432GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2292 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34390999406 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 215 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 201865035806 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 261998575701 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5004 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15430 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13365 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14836 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 498 Write 289 Mixed 323 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 20.2 122% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 40.6 84% 175 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,297 Write 703 Mixed 969 219% 989 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 36.1 215% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 177 187% 315 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123368976 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7887189 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1788 (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 69 62 572260383 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 85834 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 94489280543 (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 -76441827929929 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8740472763 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40450889801	97.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 159 Mixed 156 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 385GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3568 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3348 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3233 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (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	98.4% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 167 Mixed 142 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.37 144% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 4x4GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,669x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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