Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 00:24
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 665 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1566 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 64.9 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 59.8 53% 65.4 fps	Gravity 59.7 Splatting 57.1 52% 58.4 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7527608 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -91585882619876 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 40 1005024968735 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 1005024968735 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7527608 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7527608 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7527608 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962196 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48 (F1) Unknown 0 0 48 (F2) Unknown 0 0 42 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4522051	66.9% Good	Read 461 Write 199 Mixed 232 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.3 103% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 97.1 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 44.2 64% 114 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 85%
Samsung MZ7TD128HAFV-000L1 128GB 4,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 83GB free Firmware: DXT05L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2986 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2574 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 63 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3120 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 4636250 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 115 (EC) Unknown 99 99 31 (ED) Unknown 99 99 63 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	66.2% Good	Read 488 Write 129 Mixed 118 53% 245 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 10.2 104% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 29.2 70% 152 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 517GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235405902 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 8988770821 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 8139 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131229 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 27 235405902 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90293097508094 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4213393969 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1575588307	60.8% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 88.6 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.41 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 0420 F3-12800CL8-2GBRM 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 0420 F3-12800CL8-2GBRM 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

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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	2,699x
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	527x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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