Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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	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 @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 02:40
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 692 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 73.6 65% 78.9 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 65.7 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 14785 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (B1) Unknown 100 100 49904 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 282292 (F2) Unknown 100 100 285034	127% Outstanding	Read 669 Write 540 Mixed 568 132% 593 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 43.6 163% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 396 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 109 157% 292 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 927GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1155 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10585 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 36 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.9% Very good	Read 164 Write 114 Mixed 124 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.44 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 26.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 132%

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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	2,669x
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	254x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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