Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 135 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 542 51% 423 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 63.7 58% 68.8 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 56.8 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free (System drive) 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 98 98 8446 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1244 (B1) Unknown 92 92 93 (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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 480 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31561580882
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 86.9 Mixed 64.4 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.72 4K Write 7.38 4K Mixed 0.6 275% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 65%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 741GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 166 3766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 502 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 74797 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 84%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 284GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 181 5608 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12819 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 9 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3126 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 37 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 37 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (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	32.1% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 56.9 Mixed 55.5 42% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 36%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 116GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3407659 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12896 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 30192356785 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 103 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 3050 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 133146017824 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 639828006 (C2) HDA temperature 38 55 51539607590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 22 3407659 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5	41.4% Average	Read 74 Write 70.3 Mixed 51.5 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.38 83% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 58%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB 2,192 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 142GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 30.9 Mixed 31.3 41% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.21 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.5 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 87%

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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	2,689x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16