Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 85.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 4 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 06:33
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790K-$344 136,972 User benchmarks, average bench 88% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.3% Excellent	SC Int 130 SC Float 130 SC Mixed 130 104% 130 Pts	QC Int 412 QC Float 465 QC Mixed 395 96% 424 Pts	MC Int 633 MC Float 677 MC Mixed 673 99% 661 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980 Ti-$550 69,904 User benchmarks, average bench 98% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 149 Reflection 144 Parallax 143 45% 145 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 151 Splatting 206 76% 185 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 115%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 1,312 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 62GB free Firmware: Z31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 557 (A5) Unknown 100 100 55903126435 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 102 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 816 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 66 283469021218 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2482511610434 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5233 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19101 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16465 (F2) Unknown 253 253 48149 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	96.1% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 497 Mixed 471 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 17.9 108% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 39.1 105% 224 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 102%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$79 43,405 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 701GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1088 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79002 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.7% Good	Read 131 Write 109 Mixed 109 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 12,140 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 26.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $344Bench 88%, 136,972 samples	4,551x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 82%, 73,549 samples	823x
Core i7-4770KIntel $490Bench 80%, 47,068 samples	384x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	1,290x
GTX 1080Nvidia $538Bench 127%, 208,140 samples	662x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 76%, 52,776 samples	611x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	688x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	625x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $174Bench 79%, 69,055 samples	386x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 7,084 samples	354x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 59%, 12,140 samples	336x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 31,182 samples	209x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $793

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $195	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12