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 (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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 16:47
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 756 83% 658 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 45% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 729 Write 460 Mixed 537 127% 575 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 20.1 86% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 13.1 91% 213 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 156%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 888GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47648259 (03) Spinup time 91 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3743 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 55 141902199763 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1884 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 55835426833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 30064771100 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 23 47648259 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.3 Mixed 94.3 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.44 107% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 848GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215519008 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3150102 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (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 73 56 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1138 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 64424509467 (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 90177133348082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 481282558 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78208955822	95.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 157 Mixed 115 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.21 4K Mixed 0.75 212% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 811GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 38685311444 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 905 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2482 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2482 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 219043725342 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.2% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 96 Mixed 96.5 73% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 792GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 231 223 8450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2902 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1048 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2902 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 30 (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	61.4% Good	Read 114 Write 99.7 Mixed 95.5 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.38 121% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%
Corsair Voyager GT 3.0 128GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 23GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 165 Write 142 Mixed 76.1 153% 128 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.74 97% 5.16 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 70%

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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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	183x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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