Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.1% 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	107% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 18:06
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 660 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C306) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 119 104% 129 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 123 Splatting 105 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 104GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 2529759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 -94841467785604 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 165 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2529759 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2529759 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2529759 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18831 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14328 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14328 (F2) Unknown 0 0 39066	60.7% Good	Read 214 Write 154 Mixed 136 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 17.1 125% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 54.5 69% 120 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 66%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22147 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 792 (B1) Unknown 95 95 260 (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 70 63 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 135431475139	107% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 428 Mixed 503 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 27.5 151% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 149 164% 276 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 186 186 17198154067 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (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 14 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 163210199076 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 165 Mixed 145 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.23 114% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 266GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74272750 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10154 (05) Reallocated sector count 76 76 990 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 365924803 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 2041 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 8590131199 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 296 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 589430818 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 21 74272750 (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 46415711605849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1558900600 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3194284367	39.7% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 68 Mixed 69.5 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.46 100% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 188GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 228 7075 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8877 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1362 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8877 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 38 (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	49.8% Average	Read 90.1 Write 83.3 Mixed 66.5 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.39 109% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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