Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	132% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 699 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 84%

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: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 200 Parallax 178 155% 190 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 179 Splatting 126 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 726 Write 546 Mixed 563 136% 612 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.3 177% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 27.1 123% 280 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 18GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2353 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1308 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (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 73 62 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9775877099	76.5% Very good	Read 374 Write 261 Mixed 257 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 23.7 132% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 19.9 52% 110 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66131144 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 47 167539153494 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1786 (B7) Unknown 1 1 107 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 301 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 504758300 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31372 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 21474836508 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 380 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27131308406818 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26293660303 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26304558021	98.5% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 159 Mixed 160 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 113%
WD 5000AAK External 500GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 444GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 41.8 Mixed 18.5 41% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 63%

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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	2,668x
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	253x
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 $129Bench 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 $275	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) $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