Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	396 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 440 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26.3 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 32.3 22% 27.8 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 26 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8795520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 92427696214946 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1524 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 136 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 64427458594 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8795520 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8795520 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8795520 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6842 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10145 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10145 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11380	62.9% Good	Read 491 Write 122 Mixed 200 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 11.4 104% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 41.4 59% 110 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Constellation CS 1TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 430GB free Firmware: CN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 186360936 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2446 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 248935069 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2258 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 555221025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2457 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 25769803809 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	83.5% Excellent	Read 168 Write 124 Mixed 120 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.26 55% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 11GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 172 168 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3712 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7333 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 35 (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 77.6 Write 74.8 Mixed 69.4 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.4 122% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 76%
Jetflash TS1GJF2A/120 1GB 0GB free Firmware: 8.07 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Generic Mass-Storage 2GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 0225 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.63% Terrible	Read 15 Write 5.83 Mixed 7.61 10% 9.48 MB/s	4K Read 5.84 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.69 76% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 86%

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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	2,669x
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	254x
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 $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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