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 (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	71.6% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '16 at 19:11
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 717 77% 612 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7557 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9190 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2887 (B1) Unknown 95 95 149 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 42 (EB) Unknown 99 99 313 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17415462548	71.6% Very good	Read 489 Write 321 Mixed 331 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 12.4 85% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 11.6 52% 123 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77285152 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48486122 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1034 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 638976038 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21306 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 51539607590 (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 -73173357818780 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23005187582 (F2) Unknown 100 253 149674731607	98.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 169 Mixed 174 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 989GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4785528 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1286 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7986390 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 792 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 588644387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7528 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 60129542179 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -24373939402235 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13645431476 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18685900495	107% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 175 Mixed 172 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 222GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 20408 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2575 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99146034 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2142 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065688 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 588644387 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 25 20408 (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 60593398619749 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3982366070 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1180184717	62.5% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 88%
Samsung HD200HJ 200GB 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 121GB free Firmware: KF100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19309 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9251 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6298 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 16955 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 393216 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 145 100 772210719 (C2) HDA temperature 139 94 805765153 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16955 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 22 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 5	46.9% Average	Read 77.9 Write 85.5 Mixed 77.7 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.32 79% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 53%
Samsung HD200HJ 200GB 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 108GB free Firmware: KF100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4288 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18498 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11685 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6376 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 139269 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 145 100 772210719 (C2) HDA temperature 142 100 772210720 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 139269 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 7	46% Average	Read 90.4 Write 69.9 Mixed 87.1 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 23.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 104%

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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	2,674x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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