Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 15:15
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 494 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 3888) 3GB CLim: 1398 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 97.6 65% 84.2 fps	MRender 87.4 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 57.4 62% 77.9 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -77171971462356 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2345 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1989 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 7604206 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1989 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1278728 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 35 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1278728 (F2) Unknown 100 100 709686 (F9) Unknown 100 100 25645	74.9% Very good	Read 502 Write 149 Mixed 233 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 12.8 135% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 53.2 73% 135 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 341GB free Firmware: CR10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7488 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8491 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9133 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4293 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 1894544 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 50 (BE) vendor-specific 78 52 22 (C2) HDA temperature 169 91 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1894544 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	42.2% Average	Read 68.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 69.4 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 48GB free Firmware: 3.CH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 103933962929 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6474 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 50 454426648 (C2) HDA temperature 24 50 68719476760 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 49 165431836 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.6% Poor	Read 49 Write 50.4 Mixed 63 41% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 25GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1648 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 30171175519 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2977 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 404029463 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 64424509463 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 17 1648 (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 -104268921026859 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3532205023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1236301385	43.7% Average	Read 77.6 Write 74.7 Mixed 73.4 57% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.47 84% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 2x4GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 76%

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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	2,672x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	173x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	101x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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