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 above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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.
Boot Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 18:33
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 694 75% 594 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 78GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 100 100 988 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1546 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 49 (AE) Unknown 100 100 151 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 58 180389412885 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17944334037 (F7) Unknown 100 100 561404004 (F8) Unknown 100 100 260312091	94.3% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 331 Mixed 392 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 33.9 157% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 21.2 49% 102 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 97%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 6258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2831 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 65 (AD) Unknown 95 95 166 (AE) Unknown 100 100 379 (B5) Unknown 100 100 15169884326459 (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 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	63.6% Good	Read 494 Write 189 Mixed 276 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 6.61 106% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 6.86 23% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 72%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 416GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790775617 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9270 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3430 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 19046 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 19046 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 201864183834 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.5% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 95.8 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.42 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 308GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131562224 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60596596 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2558 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295884815 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 487653405 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83323 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 38654705693 (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 67929202760004 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -84074631637422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 102370245500904	87% Excellent	Read 170 Write 133 Mixed 116 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 100GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 106 106 55877632655 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6763 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2016 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13945 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13945 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 227634053152 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	29.5% Poor	Read 49.6 Write 52.7 Mixed 49.8 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.44 117% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 109%

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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