Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 02:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 120 2-Core 211 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 545 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.3 88% 104 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 94.7 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 62.2 54% 66.5 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 62 Splatting 57.1 52% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 137GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 167 2758 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2058 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1798 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 562 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 108 108 276554 (C2) HDA temperature 110 105 37 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 135 Mixed 109 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12897288382 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2733 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2732 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2734 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2734 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 197569609768 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.7% Good	Read 126 Write 111 Mixed 92.6 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 15 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,668x
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	253x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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