Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 00:05
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 696 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7586 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 38.6 38% 42.5 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 34.4 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ INTREPID 3700 960GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 365GB free Firmware: 1.5.1.0A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1065 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (64) Unknown 100 100 749376 (AB) Unknown 84 0 11499 (AE) Unknown 28 100 88 (B8) Unknown 15 100 2069 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 51 3349034 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1099 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 532 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 454501148 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 100 100 10000 (CE) Flying height 0 100 0 (CF) Spin high current 5 100 151 (D0) Spin buzz 0 100 2 (D2) Unknown 100 100 47093 (D3) Unknown 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 143 (D5) Unknown 100 100 44 (D6) Unknown 100 100 99 (DD) G-sense error rate 100 100 3696 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 0 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1464 (FB) Unknown 100 100 4667	88% Excellent	Read 401 Write 435 Mixed 414 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 20.3 132% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 17.9 56% 114 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 108%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 319GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 445 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 100 81607065627 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 203628 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 63 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 203628 (F2) Unknown 100 100 352375 (F9) Unknown 100 100 33541	54.3% Above average	Read 496 Write 231 Mixed 282 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 11.4 66% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 20.3 DQ Mixed 52.2 31% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 69%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9721 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2173 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 856 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 673050 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 9997829 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 2 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3447501963 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	38.4% Below average	Read 253 Write 107 Mixed 145 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 6.95 71% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 6.04 15% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 46%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8638 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2230 (0A) Spinup retry count 110 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 578 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159544351 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2193 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 212 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 102 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.25 110% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387329449 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 323 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 323 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 171800002588 (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 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 169 Mixed 153 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.19 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 5783 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14049 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6754 (C0) Power-off retract count 193 193 5301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 118666 (C2) HDA temperature 123 110 27 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.7% Average	Read 87.3 Write 78.9 Mixed 77.2 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 55%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 431GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 97 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51579257441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4104 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8712 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8712 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 206159413278 (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 200 200 7	64.1% Good	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 99 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 263GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51579912814 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4911 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10195 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 197569413150 (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 200 200 7581	57% Above average	Read 71.9 Write 127 Mixed 118 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 91%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,669x
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	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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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