Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.9% 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	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1842 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 04:59
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 658 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1601 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 72.8 55% 73.1 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 64.9 Splatting 61.7 54% 67.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 289GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 141 Write 134 Mixed 79.6 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 8.03 4K Mixed 0.58 6% 3.03 MB/s	DQ Read 2.32 DQ Write 4.36 DQ Mixed 0.64 1% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 18%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7702 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (A5) Unknown 100 100 49414721 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 421 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 68 65 279174053920 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1374394188096 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2312 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11839 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9388 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17190 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.7% Above average	Read 308 Write 198 Mixed 166 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 15.4 86% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 37.9 67% 135 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 10229 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4381 (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 93 93 3001 (0A) Spinup retry count 187 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4395 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 158914641951 (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 98 98 984 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 556 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	70.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 115 Mixed 131 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.23 249% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 109%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: 3004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 108 (03) Spinup time 220 220 4313252161 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (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 100 100 40 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 147 147 201864839212 (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	68.9% Good	Read 129 Write 110 Mixed 114 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.38 4K Mixed 0.56 190% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 104%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 395GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 8810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15546 (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 70 70 12335 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1231 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16127 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193274642467 (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 90 90 4253 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 217 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	95.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 156 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 4.47 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.28 260% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 110%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 205GB free Firmware: 4004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 250 164 2483 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2545 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2544 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12828 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 156 Mixed 135 119% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.27 120% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 102GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157861184 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4559998889 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1864 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74989 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 68719476771 (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 -126224793854755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 126408805118 (F2) Unknown 100 253 261395936019	108% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 171 Mixed 121 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 26.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

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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