Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 16:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 718 77% 611 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19684794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -26731876450251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 8 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 40 85901967395 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 85901967395 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19684794 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19684794 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19684794 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 120259084288 (E9) Unknown 0 0 392 (EA) Unknown 0 0 440 (F1) Unknown 0 0 440 (F2) Unknown 0 0 333 (F4) Unknown 100 100 458753	77.4% Very good	Read 519 Write 235 Mixed 306 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 18.2 134% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 11.6 30% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 43GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 2 (03) Spinup time 66 66 10870 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4539 (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 98 98 8349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2107 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 33 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 487653405 (C2) HDA temperature 60 52 672137256 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 91195 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	35.5% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 60.7 Mixed 78 51% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 62%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 180 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2936 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	41.7% Average	Read 73.9 Write 71.1 Mixed 76.9 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2040 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 26.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 109%

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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	2,671x
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