Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 05:03
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 268 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 735 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.2% 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 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 212 Parallax 190 159% 199 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 193 Splatting 133 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6031 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2240 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (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 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 308 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33792289897	113% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 409 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 47.7 173% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 117 143% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 420GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178963841 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3923 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 43 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 262820800 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1158 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 636 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 521601055 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 42 178963841 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 96.5 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 225GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 131 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2180 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2144 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2179 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 35 (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	53% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 93.2 Mixed 92 70% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 0GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2287 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 418 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1900 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 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	104% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 162 Mixed 159 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.3 133% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 79%

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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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	183x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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