Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	211% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 06:32
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 691 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 131 Parallax 123 96% 124 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 119 Splatting 99.6 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,417 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,294 296% 1,328 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 39.7 200% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 202 206% 333 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 216GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 89 206043908 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 568 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 226 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9927894 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 61036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 289 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 572129314 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 10 206043908 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 10 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 106884556189682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3345596264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1521220604	48.2% Average	Read 90.6 Write 77.5 Mixed 73.4 60% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 68%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 162GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 180 175 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2104 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1819 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 751239 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 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	49.4% Average	Read 85.5 Write 86.3 Mixed 84.4 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 83%
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L 1.5TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 135GB free Firmware: CC96 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 1289944048 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11570290 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 34012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 12 12 88 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 477330341922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 744 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 126 99 1289944048 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 87471303984459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 673776812 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2093858113	35.2% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 59.9 Mixed 62.4 46% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.18 53% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 81%

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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