Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 683 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.9% Average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.9 39% 49.3 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 49.9 45% 55.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (64) Unknown 100 100 250496 (65) Unknown 100 100 141760 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 37 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2806 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 163210133537 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 430 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 430 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 444 (EA) Unknown 100 100 342 (F1) Unknown 100 100 410 (F2) Unknown 100 100 155 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 430	70.9% Very good	Read 487 Write 262 Mixed 271 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 11.7 91% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 10.7 63% 148 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 92%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 65GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 52.3 Mixed 46.5 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.11 66% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 63%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 11GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 2983 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 644 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8382 (C2) HDA temperature 108 84 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	38.6% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 68.6 Mixed 61.5 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 59%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 14GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 121 110 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8952 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3438 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 475670 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 34 (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	46.9% Average	Read 75.3 Write 88 Mixed 71.8 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 54%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 23GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 47.7 Write 31.5 Mixed 29.8 43% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.19 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.46 62% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 74%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,672x
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 $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	101x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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