Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '16 at 18:12
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 682 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 3001) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 51.2 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 63.4 42% 49.6 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 42.4 34% 41.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1664 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38671483090 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 924 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 274879021086 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 257703608405 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2940 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4307 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4097 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3876 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 486 Write 276 Mixed 272 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 20 114% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 42.3 86% 179 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 210GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1921 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1148 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 236 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11839220700	110% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 407 Mixed 417 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 44.7 172% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 117 133% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Apricorn SATAWire 80GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 9GB free, PID 0040 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 42.7 Mixed 12.7 39% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.28 37% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 64%

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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	2,699x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	527x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16