Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 01:20
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 396 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.2 82% 102 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 98.3 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo ES SSD 128GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0303B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 100 100 539 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 83 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 38228 (A5) Unknown 100 100 72 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 127112 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56635 (F2) Unknown 100 100 82250 (F5) Unknown 100 100 76456	81% Excellent	Read 519 Write 286 Mixed 369 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 27.7 132% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 28.3 34% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 103%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 10GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 48836271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -107296872975212 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2784 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 143 (B1) Unknown 0 0 196 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 63 1009321443358 (C2) HDA temperature 30 63 1009321443358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 48836271 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 48836271 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 48836271 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 87 87 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14427 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4645 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4645 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3078	57.3% Above average	Read 437 Write 74.6 Mixed 125 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 17 108% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 97.9 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 26.5 36% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 69%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 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 204777760 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2830556 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (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 63 58 655556645 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 73014444069 (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 -33333241182968 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1479100578 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54795567219	85.3% Excellent	Read 119 Write 178 Mixed 115 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 4.83 4K Mixed 0.67 192% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 48GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 237180821 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 102024906 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (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 66 52 621936674 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 579 (C2) HDA temperature 34 16 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 237180821 (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 -120512487350897 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13752502242 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32742061876	86.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 151 Mixed 129 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 63%

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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