Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 09:26
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 571 62% 490 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 136 Parallax 117 115% 132 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 130 Splatting 102 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 536 Mixed 552 133% 598 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.7 170% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 27.2 37% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 254%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 73GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18917 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1011 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 788 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 133819 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	40.1% Average	Read 256 Write 83.1 Mixed 122 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 6.91 69% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 43.1 52% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 44%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free 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 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26371 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 507 (B1) Unknown 88 86 141 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 795 (EB) Unknown 99 99 473 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61524129629
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 17GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7500734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 56736518022153 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 460 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 1009320591387 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7500734 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7500734 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7500734 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20591 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13404 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13404 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16171	69.2% Good	Read 497 Write 136 Mixed 202 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 17.3 118% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 45.5 64% 118 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 266GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 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 253 230 1100 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4870 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 298 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4665 (C2) HDA temperature 116 84 34 (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	43.9% Average	Read 79.8 Write 72.9 Mixed 77 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 35GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 251 226 7416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2352 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2337 (C2) HDA temperature 114 72 36 (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	35.9% Below average	Read 60.6 Write 64.3 Mixed 52.6 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 76%
Samsung G3 Station 2TB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 955GB free, PID 6014 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 36.1 Write 39.2 Mixed 38.4 50% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.43 116% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 25.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 109%

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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	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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