Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	532% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 03:14
Run Duration	423 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 258 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 657 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 202 Parallax 196 148% 193 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 172 Splatting 127 116% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	532% Outstanding	Read 4,818 Write 96.9 Mixed 190 355% 1,702 MB/s	4K Read 827 4K Write 5.84 4K Mixed 5.79 1,263% 279 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 532% Great: 230%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 138GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3165 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1942 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 87 87 12204 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13135893281	97.8% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 152 Mixed 269 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 47.2 182% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 102 123% 219 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 134%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 553GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 131 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1207 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6516 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 31 (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	78.1% Very good	Read 154 Write 118 Mixed 106 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 119GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 25.5 Mixed 30.3 38% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.65 74% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.8 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 27.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 44.9 89% 44.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 103%

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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	2,671x
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 $133	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