Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '16 at 13:42
Run Duration	376 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 690 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 71.8 66% 77.9 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 64.1 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7521 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 887 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (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 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13037830038	96.5% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 350 Mixed 357 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 27.4 141% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 83.8 119% 225 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 440GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104205560 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16713773 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 862 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19676 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 41652592840621 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9551474948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56303102611	87.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 146 Mixed 144 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 15GB free Firmware: PMAP Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 45.5 Write 14.5 Mixed 15.6 19% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.4 267% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 36%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2GB free Firmware: PMAP Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 174 Write 19.3 Mixed 34.7 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.07 328% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 36%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 2GB free Firmware: PMAP Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 24.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 62%

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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	2,696x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
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	126x

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 $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16