Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.5% 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	182% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 17:31
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 687 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1925 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 124 Parallax 112 92% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 107 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 401GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2675 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34392244614 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 220 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 47 201865035809 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 279178444885 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5458 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16476 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14320 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15863 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 494 Write 291 Mixed 240 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 19 115% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 39.7 84% 177 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,440 Write 731 Mixed 917 227% 1,029 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 48.5 214% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 170 172% 283 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172096320 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9444578 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2171 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555417633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 86226 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 94489280545 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 77279346562464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9844391612 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41907963210	76.5% Very good	Read 159 Write 107 Mixed 120 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 409GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3951 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3731 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 339 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3611 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (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	93.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 149 Mixed 141 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 4x4GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 68%

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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	2,669x
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	254x
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 $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 $279	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