Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 14:16
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 604 70% 545 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 107 82% 106 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 101 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 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 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1507342 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 521 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 66 283469479969 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 87 (EA) Unknown 100 100 162 (F1) Unknown 253 253 146 (F2) Unknown 253 253 93 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.6% Good	Read 318 Write 333 Mixed 318 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 12.9 92% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 14.1 20% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 106%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18709 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2031 (B1) Unknown 95 95 56 (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 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1587 (EB) Unknown 99 99 301 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23373353453	82.9% Excellent	Read 489 Write 340 Mixed 352 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 20.9 126% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 38 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 18.1 48% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 118%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 5GB free Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 1 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 393 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15442 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1670 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 73017131039 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 22305 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9178 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6273 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 345752	73.2% Very good	Read 478 Write 304 Mixed 372 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14.4 114% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 13.3 25% 46.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 95%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 780GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1982 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 126 126 224966 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 28 (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	60.6% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 81.8 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 84%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 250GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36904952 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18674274 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11125 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 73014444062 (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 -127697967642086 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14461659114 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42108785079	87.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 147 Mixed 122 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 5.46 4K Mixed 0.43 168% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 206GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 80 237212472 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78484577 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3245 (B7) Unknown 1 1 167 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5178 (BC) Unknown 100 1 111671116438 (BD) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 13356171292 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 6037 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 133199 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 19792 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 19792 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 1108 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 112064286698543 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -128636324438653 (F2) Unknown 100 253 107821795255274	85.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 151 Mixed 106 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-8GTX 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2133, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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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