Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	43.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 19:25
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 667 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 159 Parallax 133 118% 146 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 240GB-$50 1,382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 209GB free Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11302 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2097 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 26 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4784243 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (DA) Unknown 100 100 74 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3602	63% Good	Read 370 Write 300 Mixed 330 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 7.95 77% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 7.14 55% 126 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 147GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17094 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3486 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 348 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5408780292	84.3% Excellent	Read 486 Write 199 Mixed 353 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 26.4 132% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 16.3 90% 209 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 126%
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (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 5669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 159093 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 6801455 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2148872403 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 159093 (F2) Unknown 100 100 206935	43.1% Average	Read 258 Write 205 Mixed 230 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 12.8 62% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 29.9 26% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 54%
WD 15EARS External 1.5TB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 446GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 32.5 Mixed 30 40% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.14 10% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 75%

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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	2,668x
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 $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 $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