Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	92.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 21:34
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 674 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 116% 141 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 65GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3869 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1830 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9847275610	101% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 411 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 40.4 140% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 113 130% 224 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1822 (E8) Unknown 100 100 33569663426 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	92.5% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 409 Mixed 407 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 28.7 117% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 107 128% 223 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 106%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 316GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 160 3225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3845 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3446 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3845 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 33 (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	42.2% Average	Read 86.4 Write 60.4 Mixed 84.2 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 69%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 332GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8640 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11766 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3486 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6605 (B8) Unknown 1 1 150 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 64 319815699 (C2) HDA temperature 76 62 403701784 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 54095153 (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 99 99 5744 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 104 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%
WD 15EARS External 1.5TB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1TB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 39.9 Mixed 22.9 42% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.16 18% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 21%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 63%

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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	2,668x
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	253x
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 $129Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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