Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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	15.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 16:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 659 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 203 Parallax 207 158% 201 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 187 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 100 52238368 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 22 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7594510 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (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 68 66 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 98784247840 (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 25078314041592 (F1) Unknown 100 253 972606768 (F2) Unknown 100 253 674331043	15.9% Very poor	Read 138 Write 149 Mixed 99.8 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 0.5 4% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 533GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 177 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 24 (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 66 62 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1076505547	84.6% Excellent	Read 373 Write 300 Mixed 311 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 33.8 136% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 130 123% 193 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9769 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 860 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2586990862	108% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 405 Mixed 419 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 43.7 162% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 127 140% 239 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Mushkin MKNSSDTR480GB 512GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 406GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2041 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 221 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1820 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 565 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4182 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 45 236224643101 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 221 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3212965302 (F7) Unknown 100 100 100466481 (F8) Unknown 100 100 63442606	66.8% Good	Read 472 Write 257 Mixed 257 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 16.1 89% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 28.1 52% 101 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 71%

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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	2,729x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	316x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	531x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	260x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	247x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	199x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	176x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	128x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	186x
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: 63% - Good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369