Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150827
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 04:04
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 631 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 2542) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 3.72 5% 5.91 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 7.74 5% 5.85 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -96499325201827 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1892 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 366 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 238372 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 238372 (F2) Unknown 100 100 503156 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6434	78.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 253 Mixed 316 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 20.1 106% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 68.4 105% 198 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 182 5708 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4479 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1478 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 310 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 111 111 269019 (C2) HDA temperature 124 109 26 (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	67.8% Good	Read 115 Write 121 Mixed 121 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 27.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

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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	2,671x
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