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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	81.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '16 at 20:50
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 627 67% 533 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 80%

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) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 7250028 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -36361193121131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 473 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 58 34363539487 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7250028 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7250028 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7250028 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12961 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15045 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15045 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17780	81.7% Excellent	Read 485 Write 266 Mixed 334 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 19.8 120% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 51.4 92% 180 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%
Hitachi HCS5C3232SLA380 320GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 295GB free Firmware: ST2OA37E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 117 117 17193828563 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 597 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1919 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1919 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569413149 (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	44.8% Average	Read 76.7 Write 79.2 Mixed 69.8 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 273GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 92 216609612 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 21822053613 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1767 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 254 (BC) Unknown 100 79 4295360603 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555024417 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 42 216609612 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22381074605632 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3942733880 (F2) Unknown 100 253 729073146	51% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 82.3 Mixed 75.7 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.43 109% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 183GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 130 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12257 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 29 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 127 Mixed 115 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	4.74% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 7.9 Mixed 9.06 14% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 0% 0.007 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.74% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 70%

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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	2,668x
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 $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