Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	129% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 13:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 631 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 196GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 153613840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -107545981085461 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 302 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 49 47247851546 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 47247851546 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 153613840 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 153613840 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 153613840 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5125 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4324 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4324 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4057	41.9% Average	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 123 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 9.72 83% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 47.7 37% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 549 Mixed 559 136% 612 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 33.2 176% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 24.8 101% 227 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 236%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 30GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 60232621360741 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 225 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 46 21477851162 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 198992 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 198992 (F2) Unknown 100 100 171316 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16153	78.5% Very good	Read 499 Write 249 Mixed 274 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 14.1 130% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 14.7 49% 100 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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