Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150625
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 19:46
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 689 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 210 Parallax 205 159% 204 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 188 Splatting 129 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1951 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1229 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 28 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 930 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 55 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19558 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17329	79.7% Very good	Read 400 Write 392 Mixed 398 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 16.8 113% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 18.4 55% 110 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 98%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -114770116071488 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2279 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 46 64427524126 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 308493 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 32 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 308493 (F2) Unknown 100 100 150761 (F9) Unknown 100 100 37355	58.8% Above average	Read 358 Write 258 Mixed 282 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 9.78 94% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 10.4 18% 35 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224050480 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 55 279246404327 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2352 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 521601052 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 225164 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 64424509468 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -72473278144828 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40209739070 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54163163483	116% Outstanding	Read 222 Write 183 Mixed 166 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 9.8 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 74%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,719x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	316x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	530x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	258x
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	128x

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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	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