Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 07:09
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 687 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% 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 85F1) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 209 Parallax 137 155% 179 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 185 Splatting 135 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 217GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10750 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1682 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 123 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 51 210453987356 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31348300315 (F7) Unknown 100 100 29701222 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47425310	94% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 326 Mixed 386 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34.6 144% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 34.1 81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 97%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 683 Write 187 Mixed 390 92% 420 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 14.1 102% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 10.7 46% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 144%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 801GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222143056 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1896 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 477297863 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1930 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131078 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 555614240 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5454 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 34359738400 (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 -73289321913318 (F1) Unknown 100 253 86148022006 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78030432825	79.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 145 Mixed 105 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.54 184% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 108%
SAMSUNG HM100UI 1TB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 25GB free, PID 0571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 42.4 Mixed 33.9 50% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.2 23% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 27.1 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%

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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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

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	101x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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