Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 01:48
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 448 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7586 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 86% 106 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 88.1 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16434 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1116 (B1) Unknown 95 95 54 (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 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 340 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21034529312
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 64GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2194 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 68722294812 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 219721 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 21 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 219721 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39578 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6968	87.7% Excellent	Read 522 Write 248 Mixed 287 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28 145% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 67.8 86% 153 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 95%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 162 6775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 554 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (10) Unknown 13 187 231989758197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 493 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 157 Mixed 149 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.24 115% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0830 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 310GB free Firmware: 1065 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 85.1 Write 77.5 Mixed 76 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 50%
Multiple Card Reader 8GB 1,430 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 19.2 Write 12.8 Mixed 14.2 19% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.66 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 1.6 144% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 29.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 27.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

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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