Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.3% 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	259% 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	11.4 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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 18:26
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 610 66% 523 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% 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: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 95% 112 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,434 Write 1,277 Mixed 1,525 385% 1,746 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 40.1 245% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 59.1 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 42.7 106% 206 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 292%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9197 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2273 (B1) Unknown 97 97 25 (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 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1047 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6307099186	93.6% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 312 Mixed 346 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 25.1 146% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 66.6 109% 213 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.6% 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 as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3505 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3345 (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	55.1% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 92 Mixed 88.2 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.44 127% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 117GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 162 6741 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3988 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3981 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79825 (C2) HDA temperature 121 115 29 (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	31.6% Below average	Read 52.6 Write 57.6 Mixed 65.4 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.11 34% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.6% 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 153 149 9341 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5698 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 90869 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 29 (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	29.9% Poor	Read 46.8 Write 57.1 Mixed 45.6 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.14 53% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.9% 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 (67^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,708x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	314x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	528x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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	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: 63% - Good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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