Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	97.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '16 at 19:38
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 714 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1742 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 126 Parallax 123 92% 120 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 99.7 84% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 855GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 221 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 54 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 219267543	121% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 405 Mixed 416 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 54.4 202% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 135 156% 269 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 119GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6323 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1481 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 72 47 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7749616353	121% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 404 Mixed 420 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 54.2 199% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 118 147% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4564 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 988 (B1) Unknown 99 99 32 (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 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14536828041	97.8% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 238 Mixed 324 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 38.9 162% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 134 143% 242 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 130%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 415GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 221 8725 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8201 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8155 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 35 (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	56.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 84.2 Mixed 88.1 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.34 106% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 129GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 87121 (03) Spinup time 160 157 4991 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1498 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 53039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1491 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1495 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 183 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 132 0	43.5% Average	Read 91.2 Write 60.1 Mixed 84.5 60% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.39 108% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 101GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8120 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5549 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 420347929 (C2) HDA temperature 74 52 437125146 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 84769 (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 100 100 106 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	28.3% Poor	Read 47.1 Write 51.1 Mixed 45.7 36% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.46 103% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 125%

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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	2,698x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	527x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16