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 above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 06:39
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 634 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3910 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB 5,441 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 100 100 183 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (A2) Unknown 91 91 10 (AA) Unknown 100 100 101 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327687 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 606 (F2) Unknown 100 100 588	67.8% Good	Read 460 Write 247 Mixed 297 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 5.17 93% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 6.95 60% 136 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 82%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3191 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2888 (05) Reallocated sector count 143 143 1700 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2732 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1454 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1452 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 27 (C4) Reallocation count 127 127 73 (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	73.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 123 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2400 2x8GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,666x
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