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 as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.1% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 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 13:05
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 653 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% 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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 90.2 Write 120 Mixed 77.8 22% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 8.38 4K Mixed 0.62 6% 3.16 MB/s	DQ Read 2.4 DQ Write 7.08 DQ Mixed 0.69 2% 3.39 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.8% 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 (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7711 (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 11858 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9401 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17212 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 313 Write 256 Mixed 215 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 16.1 92% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 41.4 74% 148 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.1% 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 (15^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 158914641948 (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	69.2% Good	Read 126 Write 114 Mixed 130 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.2% 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 203 203 201864839200 (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	68.4% Good	Read 125 Write 112 Mixed 117 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.52 176% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.4% 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 (67^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 193274642464 (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	93.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 151 Mixed 167 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 2.95 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.24 193% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.8% 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 12839 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (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	96.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 158 Mixed 138 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.28 124% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 98GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13671192 (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 4560059682 (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 68 52 639107104 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75050 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 68719476768 (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 -129244155863841 (F1) Unknown 100 253 126432798198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 261433510954	104% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 168 Mixed 148 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 26.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84.8% 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	2,729x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	316x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	531x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	260x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	247x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	199x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	176x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	128x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	186x
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: 63% - Good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369