Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	120% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '16 at 11:46
Run Duration	1005 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 126 2-Core 273 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 692 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 149 Parallax 145 118% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 654GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 62 163210199066 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 866729104 (F7) Unknown 100 100 27099858 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4342954 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4421 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	92.3% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 338 Mixed 336 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 29.5 131% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 52.7 102% 209 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6436 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 116 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11470635346	120% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.9 197% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 106 139% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 645GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 176 7366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 199 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17070 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.5% Good	Read 120 Write 97.2 Mixed 108 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 373GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123010560 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13036011 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885098565 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 571932701 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23692 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 42949672989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130476811483170 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72204360986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76387938084	29.7% Poor	Read 0.47 Write 103 Mixed 45.4 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.14 55% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 48GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 177 7716 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3111 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41410 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 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	75.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 127 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.28 116% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 83%
WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 83.1 131% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 46%
ST310005 24AS 1TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 79.6 132% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.48 73% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%
ST1000DM 003-9YN162 1TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 175 Write 189 Mixed 134 212% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.38 64% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 82%
WDC WD10 EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 577GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	59% Above average	Read 147 Write 138 Mixed 111 166% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 16.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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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	2,682x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16