Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92% 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	256% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 08:25
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 678 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 96% 114 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,412 Write 1,310 Mixed 1,538 387% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 41.8 248% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 59.7 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 41.1 63% 113 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 292%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 39GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9072 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2237 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1011 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6175785002	97.9% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 350 Mixed 322 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 25.5 149% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 67 113% 222 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 108%
WD WD20EARX-00PASB0 1TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3476 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3469 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3309 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 32 (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	50.7% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 88.9 Mixed 90.8 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.39 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 128GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 162 6683 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3952 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 16056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3945 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79356 (C2) HDA temperature 123 115 27 (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	44.9% Average	Read 97.2 Write 59.2 Mixed 91.2 63% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 67%
WD WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 2TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 58GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 149 9358 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5662 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 90522 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 30 (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	30.3% Below average	Read 50.4 Write 54.8 Mixed 46.5 38% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,665 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 76%

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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	2,699x
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 $39	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