Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	46% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% 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	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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141111
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 15:24
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 699 77% 607 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 67.7 50% 65.9 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 41.7 38% 46.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 402 Mixed 262 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 40.4 158% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 113 132% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 199 8866 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3811 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16204 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 142 Mixed 98 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.3 124% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219378528 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1126054 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 62 622198820 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16650 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 81604378660 (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 -137262859810242 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2990313429 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10974390521	94% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 156 Mixed 35.1 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 114%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 192 9208 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4221 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 339 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16702 (C2) HDA temperature 123 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.3% Good	Read 137 Write 73.7 Mixed 67.7 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 683GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3179 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 81675 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.8% Good	Read 106 Write 120 Mixed 52.6 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 26.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

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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	2,671x
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	172x
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 $300	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