Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 00:31
Run Duration	359 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 370 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 76.4 68% 82.3 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 67.6 60% 74 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -39926015978368 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3098 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 617 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 54 55838113825 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 617 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 796902 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 78 78 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 796902 (F2) Unknown 100 100 712169 (F9) Unknown 100 100 158348	74% Very good	Read 466 Write 206 Mixed 267 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 22.9 112% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 47.9 81% 157 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 91%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 168GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 280 (03) Spinup time 193 178 6316 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5641 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3977 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1595 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 418332 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 34 (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	43.2% Average	Read 72.5 Write 77.8 Mixed 50.8 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 87GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 171 1250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1253 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1251 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 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	77.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 131 Mixed 109 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 109%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 74GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 158 6208 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6004 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3253 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5989 (C2) HDA temperature 116 83 34 (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	32.4% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 43.3 Mixed 62.6 44% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148076981 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 23225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164418601 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7881 (B7) Unknown 72 72 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 4295295057 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 39 473035833378 (C2) HDA temperature 34 61 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 21 148076981 (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 9899899663098 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3569890069 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2655845320	42.3% Average	Read 80 Write 67.5 Mixed 83.1 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 70%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.31% Terrible	Read 26 Write 8.05 Mixed 8.73 15% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.28 19% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.31% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 51%

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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