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 (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1842 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 12:57
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 652 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 289GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 148 Write 127 Mixed 81.3 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 8.22 4K Mixed 0.59 6% 3.21 MB/s	DQ Read 2.42 DQ Write 6.34 DQ Mixed 0.76 2% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 18%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7710 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (A5) Unknown 100 100 49480258 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 421 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 70 65 279174053918 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1378689155393 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2314 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11854 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9398 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17210 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 313 Write 236 Mixed 216 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 15.7 87% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 43.1 74% 148 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10203 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3009 (0A) Spinup retry count 187 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4407 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 158914641945 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 987 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 557 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 129 Write 114 Mixed 129 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: 3004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 108 (03) Spinup time 226 226 38675742983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 53 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 232 232 201864839196 (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	68% Good	Read 126 Write 110 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.48 174% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 104%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 395GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8882 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 12343 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1231 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16140 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193274642461 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4256 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 222 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	94.6% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 152 Mixed 157 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 3.79 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.25 227% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 110%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 205GB free Firmware: 4004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 164 5766 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2550 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2549 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12838 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 31 (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	96.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 158 Mixed 140 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.28 121% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 98GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12039560 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14798 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4560057631 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1864 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 639107103 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75047 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 68719476767 (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 132748849192159 (F1) Unknown 100 253 126430124106 (F2) Unknown 100 253 261432071845	105% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 170 Mixed 121 121% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 25.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 85%

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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	2,713x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	315x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	528x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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	127x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	185x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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