Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (17%). 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	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 10:06
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 646 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.5% Good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 83.7 71% 86.4 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 85.6 Splatting 73.2 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 202GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5017 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1446 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6685704385	112% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 409 Mixed 419 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 47.7 174% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 117 133% 230 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 201GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3014 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 750 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3531101823	108% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 405 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 46.9 164% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 119 134% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7609 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2275 (B1) Unknown 94 94 201 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 761 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14980739839	94.2% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 399 Mixed 466 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 23.6 124% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 82.5 121% 227 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200173168 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1454 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2040043 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 60 588447779 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3813 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 81604378659 (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 108795816575238 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4299016995 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9773587721	92.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 157 Mixed 147 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 29GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153132032 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37126111 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2169 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 801 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79974 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 81604378657 (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 37035502998136 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25621598998 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21925376225	81% Excellent	Read 128 Write 154 Mixed 91.2 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.23 63% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 88%

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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	2,696x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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