Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	91.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 09:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 762 84% 662 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 0804) 768MB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 768MB, Driver: 388.71 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 9.84 11% 12.5 fps	MRender 19.4 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 14.3 13% 16.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 131GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3946 (AA) Unknown 92 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 370 (B7) Unknown 100 100 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 23 100 17182949399 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 370 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 163 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 335637 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 5664 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 58 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 90507 (E8) Unknown 92 100 0 (E9) Unknown 81 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 335637 (F2) Unknown 100 100 430414 (F9) Unknown 100 100 79666	88.4% Excellent	Read 504 Write 252 Mixed 329 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 27.4 141% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 68 101% 190 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 95%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 318 Mixed 421 103% 467 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 30.8 141% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 40.8 39% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 107%
WD WD20NPVT-00Z2TT0 2TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 239 235 3016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 289 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4258 (C2) HDA temperature 127 114 25 (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	51.5% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 87.2 Mixed 84 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 28.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

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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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Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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