Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 11:25
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 713 79% 622 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 66.4 63% 73.7 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 72 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2TB free Firmware: HPG3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (B4) Unknown 200 200 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 2092 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 109 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	12.4% Very poor	Read 133 Write 101 Mixed 99.3 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.36 3% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 16%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 872GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 377 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 186 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184684249115 (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 100 100 9238 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4494465736 (F7) Unknown 100 100 140534206 (F8) Unknown 100 100 21297746 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4384 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 460 Write 330 Mixed 339 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 26.2 104% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 54.2 99% 200 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1892 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 292 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 59 176094314523 (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 100 100 3096 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22399133991 (F7) Unknown 100 100 701446828 (F8) Unknown 100 100 160648217 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81% Excellent	Read 462 Write 325 Mixed 339 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 26 101% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 45.4 94% 194 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 99%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 77GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 2524 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4762 (E8) Unknown 100 100 16895545986 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	101% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 388 Mixed 412 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 34.1 144% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 118 146% 257 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
OCZ-VERTEX4 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129330152 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314452026 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4247 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 12885098545 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 977 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35824 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 39507 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114860310394972 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16522745698 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56063889956	89.6% Excellent	Read 166 Write 147 Mixed 142 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.34 99% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173837232 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 444408 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 512 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (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 46252502810725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10106181464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4582906019	91.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 155 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 27.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

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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	2,687x
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	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16