Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '20 at 20:59
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 722 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro 410 934 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 094A) 512MB CLim: 1033 MHz, MLim: 597 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 451.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5126 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.2 Reflection 4.85 Parallax 16.8 11% 11.6 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 21.7 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 267 287 254 271 268 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 479 Write 286 Mixed 184 SusWrite 266 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 36.4 141% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 123 126% 207 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%
Intel MEMPEK1J016GAH 14GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 13GB free Firmware: K4110400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 168 170 162 169 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 866 Write 169 Mixed 281 SusWrite 167 81% 371 MB/s	4K Read 238 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 147 608% 165 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 288 274% 451 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 252%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 202GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 133 129 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 123 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 131 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 29.5 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

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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	2,674x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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