Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% 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	119% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 21:04
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 241 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 618 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 215 Parallax 192 159% 200 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 193 Splatting 133 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5878 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2201 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (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 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 305 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32758871252	119% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 414 Mixed 416 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 50.9 188% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 121 147% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 420GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106449692 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3840 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 43 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 262492238 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1119 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 636 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471334940 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 42 106449692 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 99 Mixed 95.7 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 328GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 415 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1864 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (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	72.8% Very good	Read 120 Write 134 Mixed 116 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.34 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 241GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 131 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2140 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2139 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 34 (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	48.6% Average	Read 95.1 Write 73.9 Mixed 85 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 53.7 75% 53.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

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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	2,689x
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