Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.9% 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	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 17:10
Run Duration	478 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 606 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 119 104% 129 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 124 Splatting 98.7 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15613 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 788 (B1) Unknown 93 93 254 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 33 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 210 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58067707023	55.6% Above average	Read 492 Write 102 Mixed 134 52% 243 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 10 97% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 15.6 23% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 386GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 487 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 487 (C2) HDA temperature 94 77 56 (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	38% Below average	Read 74 Write 58.2 Mixed 68.9 51% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 65GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 96 173993156 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4403266314 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4268 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1048111198 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 681 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BE) vendor-specific 48 42 95362678836 (C2) HDA temperature 52 58 47244640308 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 38 173993156 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	33% Below average	Read 59.4 Write 55.5 Mixed 68.5 46% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.37 80% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 0GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 187 (03) Spinup time 170 167 2483 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2331 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2401 (C2) HDA temperature 93 90 50 (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 95	103% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 153 Mixed 130 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 18GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 138 Write 78 Mixed 104 128% 107 MB/s	4K Read 5.03 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 1.47 130% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 38%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 7GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 128 Write 5.16 Mixed 8.53 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.005 39% 3.46 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 22%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Read 25 Write 9.98 Mixed 10.3 16% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.71 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 66%

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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	2,671x
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