Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.9% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 21:55
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 638 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 197 Parallax 197 149% 192 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 176 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 197 8966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 990 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7854 (C2) HDA temperature 125 113 27 (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 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	12.9% Very poor	Read 124 Write 121 Mixed 114 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.16 2% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 19%
WDC WD60EZRZ-00RWYB1 1TB 674GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 180 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 96 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2619620806	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 489 Mixed 501 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 56.7 192% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 145 149% 245 MB/s

WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 250GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 197GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2124 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 938 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18819645937	122% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 496 Mixed 510 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 53 185% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 132 145% 245 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3534 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 989 (B1) Unknown 99 1 32 (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 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17083663777	90.9% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 252 Mixed 355 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 35.9 141% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 116 125% 211 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 42GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3891 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1783 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18705843486	109% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 411 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 45.7 166% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 113 128% 221 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 389GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 1 10119 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4244 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10953 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3528 (B5) Unknown 100 100 116058 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2006 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044053018 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 23 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 24204	55.7% Above average	Read 89 Write 105 Mixed 91.9 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 177GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 6 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3963 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3281 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3653 (C2) HDA temperature 115 86 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 200 187 0	50.6% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 82.6 Mixed 61.8 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.37 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 140GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97564296 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30920127 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6566 (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 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 538640415 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27846 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 47244640287 (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 16179141807520 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107083488543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60554265561	83.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 132 Mixed 121 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,674x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
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 $90Bench 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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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