Hiarcs 7.0 has gone straight to the top of the SSDF rating list. The SSDF results indicate that Hiarcs 7.0 is 52 Elo stronger than Hiarcs 6.0.
Top 7 on the SSDF Rating List 1997-01-28, 64334 games played by 187 computers.
| Position | Program/Machine | Rating | + | - | Games | Won | Opponents |
| 1 | HIARCS 7.0 Pentium MMX 200 MHz | 2576 | 40 | -38 | 352 | 69% | 2434 |
| 2 | Fritz 5.32 Pentium MMX 200 MHz | 2575 | 42 | -39 | 331 | 71% | 2417 |
| 3 | Fritz 5.16 Pentium MMX 200 MHz | 2567 | 25 | -24 | 910 | 68% | 2432 |
| 4 | Junior 5.0 Pentium MMX 200 MHz | 2554 | 31 | -30 | 545 | 65% | 2441 |
| 5 | Nimzo98 Pentium MMX 200 MHz | 2525 | 25 | -24 | 841 | 60% | 2454 |
| 6 | Hiarcs 6.0 Pentium MMX 200 MHz | 2524 | 26 | -25 | 761 | 58% | 2471 |
| 6 | Rebel 9.0 Pentium MMX 200 MHz | 2524 | 25 | -25 | 803 | 63% | 2433 |
Results for HIARCS 6.0 Pentium MMX 200 MHz so far on the SSDF rating list.
| Opponent | Score |
| HIARCS 6 P90 | 10.5 - 5.5 |
| Genius 5 P90 | 14 - 6 |
| Fritz 3.0 P90 | 14 - 6 |
| Rebel 8 P90 | 23 - 9 |
| Nimzo 3.5 P90 | 13.5 - 6.5 |
| MCPro 6 P90 | 15.5 - 4.5 |
| Genius 4 486/66 | 20 - 4 |