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 (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 19:58
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 674 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2981) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10785 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2037 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 331 (AE) Unknown 100 100 385 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569609764 (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 100 100 19 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 62739260247 (F7) Unknown 100 100 441688473 (F8) Unknown 100 100 796702875	84% Excellent	Read 499 Write 324 Mixed 386 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 29 114% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 46.9 81% 156 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219770648 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41101424 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1989 (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 63 51 9213050917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 411864 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 -140737488355291 (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 94987496728479 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15390007186 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27241710760	91.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 149 Mixed 145 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 113%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 847GB 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 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 228 100 7600 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1632 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8904 (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 200 100 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1436 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	79.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 139 Mixed 141 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.47 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.23 142% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 107%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 435GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2872 (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 75 75 11055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1853 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2273446 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 227634184226 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55.5% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 97.5 Mixed 97.1 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 58%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 90GB free Firmware: GM2OA5BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 106 106 12897616063 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 28 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2757 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5297 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864511523 (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	43.5% Average	Read 73.7 Write 77.8 Mixed 77.7 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.37 77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2133 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2133 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 79%

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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	2,666x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	309x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	523x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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