Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	67.1% 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 13:56
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 639 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 137 112% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17961 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 372 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6301289485	84.2% Excellent	Read 380 Write 309 Mixed 314 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 35.2 150% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.2 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 118 88% 113 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 134%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 128470530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 -118850334972055 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4997 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 177 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 64 38658900000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 128470530 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 128470530 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 128470530 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37572 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26010 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26010 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33214	67.1% Good	Read 496 Write 135 Mixed 187 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 15.5 125% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 38.8 40% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 83%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 137 137 30090396037 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 464 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 227634511913 (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	93.7% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 151 Mixed 161 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.41 142% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 617GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48047472 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 4301622620 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 341 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 722993190 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10580 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 68719476774 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 125017908062189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9768213910 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64357904660	55.8% Above average	Read 78.6 Write 114 Mixed 86.1 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.77 213% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 16 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 106%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,669x
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