Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 04:30
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 701 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11% Very poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 14.2 10% 13.3 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 20.1 13% 15.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6894 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2555 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 329 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40609177884	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 49.3 179% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 121 137% 237 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 411GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99439282 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4545 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 43 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 263970310 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1469 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 636 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 42 99439282 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 101 Mixed 100 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.47 103% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 191GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 131 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2487 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2451 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2486 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.5% Average	Read 72.2 Write 89.6 Mixed 85.3 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 0GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2595 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 443 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2183 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 157 Mixed 150 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.44 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.32 139% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 79%

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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	2,668x
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