Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	114% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '18 at 14:46
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 698 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 67.7 58% 69.3 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 54 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB 503 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 96GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 419 Write 404 Mixed 422 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 29.3 91% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 75.6 77% 123 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 77%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12256 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1006 (B1) Unknown 94 94 330 (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 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 80242929624	114% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 479 Mixed 507 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 44.9 159% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 147 159% 265 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB 720 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1GB free Firmware: AGYA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^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 0 (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 100 100 19899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2597 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 897776484784 (AA) Unknown 100 100 81613553762 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1030827868599 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 357 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979216417 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31% Below average	Read 174 Write 149 Mixed 120 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 6.38 49% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 25.9 DQ Mixed 7.05 10% 17.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 838GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 30 574 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8040 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10024 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3478 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 30 573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 14551 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 571342882 (C2) HDA temperature 66 54 588120098 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 210359 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 83 274 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 19 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 107 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.5 125% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 444GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197256741 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 49 116160794431 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1492 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 554958881 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 24 197256741 (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 -81935091069750 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2249952539 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3013766256	39.6% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 75 Mixed 70.6 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 291GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111078112 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45740859 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1006 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21926 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 42949672991 (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 48515950579670 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15063918918 (F2) Unknown 100 253 154668859417	61.2% Good	Read 91 Write 121 Mixed 111 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.86 228% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 108%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 25GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 160 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8131 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4150 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 36 (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 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.5% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 71.8 Mixed 65.6 49% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.49 117% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 47%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 11GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 81 122% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 22.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 101%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,674x
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 $90Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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