Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.3% 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	68.8% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 18:10
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 100 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 692 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.2 81% 99.2 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 78.9 69% 85.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 308GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 100 100 278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 141 (A3) Unknown 100 100 58 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26979 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 97356 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 279060 (F2) Unknown 100 100 337620 (F5) Unknown 100 100 431664	82.9% Excellent	Read 510 Write 427 Mixed 460 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 21.1 114% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 59.9 46% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 105%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26881 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2484 (B1) Unknown 93 93 237 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 291 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33868437244	68.8% Good	Read 510 Write 159 Mixed 207 63% 292 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 22.7 121% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 93.9 DQ Mixed 19.8 28% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 514GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4583 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4372 (C2) HDA temperature 107 99 36 (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	91% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 143 Mixed 134 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 34.5 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 25.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 34.4 116% 34.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 104% 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	2,666x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	309x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	523x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	245x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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