Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	29.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 19:54
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 692 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% 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 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 157 Parallax 132 118% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 493GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4378 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12887654428 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 43 184684642334 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 860 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1200 (F1) Unknown 253 253 915 (F2) Unknown 253 253 991 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 479 Write 318 Mixed 319 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 18.3 114% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 41.1 85% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 107%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 82GB free Firmware: X212 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6192 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 893 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 548 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 789 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 43 184684642334 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 23 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2024 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1512 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1301 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 371 Write 325 Mixed 326 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 14.6 99% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 53.7 78% 144 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12310 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1660 (B1) Unknown 84 84 182 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 149 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22470565478	29.6% Poor	Read 218 Write 31 Mixed 34.6 20% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 8.06 62% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 35.1 DQ Mixed 7.54 12% 22 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 18 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 43 10409 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2898 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16130 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2086 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3361529 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799412764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3389	78.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 145 Mixed 133 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.43 120% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 27.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

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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	2,674x
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 $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	102x

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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 $179	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