Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.6% 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	122% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 16:08
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 136 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 717 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 124 Parallax 111 97% 118 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 108 Splatting 101 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 382GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5690 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1309 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4295295616 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 83 285671441 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3494 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 237 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3494 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7564	111% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 428 Mixed 412 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 40.1 171% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 144 158% 266 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 615 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 187 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 75 66 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3676314439	122% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 395 Mixed 410 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.1 205% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 131 150% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 771GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 73.5 116% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 71%

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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	2,716x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	315x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	529x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	258x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	127x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	185x
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: 64% - Good

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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