Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141111
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 15:43
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 261 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 728 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Lighting 87.8 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 74.7 72% 82.5 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 79.6 65% 79.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 240GB-$193 568 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 134GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 148714031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -27530740344053 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2243 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 251 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 80 51544850465 (C2) HDA temperature 33 80 51544850465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 148714031 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 148714031 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 148714031 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7064 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4906 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4906 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16053	74.3% Very good	Read 501 Write 145 Mixed 216 62% 288 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 16.5 132% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 44.5 68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 91%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th 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 22266 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (A2) Unknown 100 100 669 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11927990 (AE) Unknown 100 100 345 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 345 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24176 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23997	98.5% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 444 Mixed 509 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 15.5 126% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 13.6 96% 224 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 115%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 596GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15014432 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3461887 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (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 68 58 622526496 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4770 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 85899345952 (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 -65042984726210 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5888716589 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15436446995	82.7% Excellent	Read 127 Write 160 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.7 201% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 382GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106778144 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1812 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3122036 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 672727074 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83704 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 64424509474 (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 -83167746711985 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8938796882 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15528683102	84.6% Excellent	Read 142 Write 153 Mixed 112 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 236GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 118 108 7100 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4743 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1484 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 390 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 207299 (C2) HDA temperature 114 86 33 (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	56% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 99.3 Mixed 74.1 67% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 99GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 177 171 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 444857 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 33 (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	66.1% Good	Read 102 Write 128 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT2TXRG 4x4GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 74%

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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