Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	391 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 655 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10551 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3187 (B1) Unknown 94 94 207 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 42 (EB) Unknown 99 99 338 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22133025834	64.1% Good	Read 489 Write 316 Mixed 390 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 11.9 80% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 12.4 18% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160470408 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49931710 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1325 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 656474151 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22176 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 47244640295 (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 62624918147427 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24856363494 (F2) Unknown 100 253 151666735320	97.7% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 149 Mixed 159 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 613GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180007504 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16099324 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1085 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 622854181 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8120 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 47244640293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90009629626161 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18526517176 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27107213621	104% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 172 Mixed 159 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 212GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 22952 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99791878 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2435 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065688 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 622854181 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 24 22952 (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 -16904991267927 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1261764947 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3052898427	61.4% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 110 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.49 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 88%
Samsung HD200HJ 200GB 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 121GB free Firmware: KF100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19878 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10601 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6591 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 20336 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 393216 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 133 100 772210723 (C2) HDA temperature 130 94 805765156 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 20336 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 22 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 5	47.3% Average	Read 78.3 Write 86.6 Mixed 73.2 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 53%
Samsung HD200HJ 200GB 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 108GB free Firmware: KF100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4352 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 19064 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13035 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6667 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 136943 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 133 100 772210723 (C2) HDA temperature 133 100 772210723 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 136943 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 7	46.2% Average	Read 88.4 Write 72.6 Mixed 85.7 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 53%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 32GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 14GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 21.7 Write 3.59 Mixed 5.76 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.32 48% 4.32 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 104%

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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	2,669x
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