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Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
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.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '14 at 09:30
Run Duration	436 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.35 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 129 2-Core 243 85% 186 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 727 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 67% 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) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4475 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 61.8 74% 73.2 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 56.7 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 466GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 121 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9198876	93.4% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 351 Mixed 359 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 29 152% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 62.6 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 90.6 87% 131 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 132GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 713 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 21 (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 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 895425421	104% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 489 Mixed 515 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 28.1 154% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 81.4 90% 142 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 116%
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^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 100 100 115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3498 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19453 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17465	110% Outstanding	Read 677 Write 539 Mixed 564 132% 593 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 29.9 131% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 75.8 102% 182 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 134 9900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4639 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4513 (C2) HDA temperature 117 80 35 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.1% Average	Read 80.9 Write 90 Mixed 77.3 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 60%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 603GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 9991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3908 (C2) HDA temperature 116 83 36 (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 200 199 106 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.9% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 58.7 Mixed 63.2 48% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 60%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 110 Write 118 Mixed 91.7 136% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.28 101% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 93 131% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 50%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 98.4 129% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 50%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 98.8 Write 98.3 Mixed 99.7 128% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 50%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 16GB 1,259 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	8.34% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 5.19 Mixed 7.02 11% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.25 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.95 84% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.34% Great: 13%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,817x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	331x
Core i7-4770KIntel $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	252x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	554x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	266x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	257x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	204x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	183x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	192x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	168x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	105x

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Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370