Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	157% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 10:16
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 700 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 74.4 67% 80.1 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 65.7 59% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 330 330 324 328 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 747 Write 629 Mixed 445 SusWrite 358 122% 545 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 65.1 241% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 814 581% 745 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 226 183 128 103 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 486 Mixed 399 SusWrite 170 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.7 206% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 234 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 171GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 397 410 423 433 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 489 Mixed 375 SusWrite 400 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.6 216% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 239GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 187 183 180 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 184 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
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 $94Bench 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	183x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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