Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	171% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 19:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 108 2-Core 264 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 528 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0472) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1355 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 64 Parallax 92.9 62% 77.7 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 80.8 58% 69.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 718 590 599 605 588 604 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,042 Write 923 Mixed 656 SusWrite 617 181% 810 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.9 212% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 504 401% 552 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 313%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 66GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 242 221 238 240 229 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 475 Write 270 Mixed 269 SusWrite 235 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 25.9 103% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 120 105% 162 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 408GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 96 97 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 112 Write 99.9 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 95.8 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 984 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 29.8 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

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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	2,671x
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 $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	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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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