Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '17 at 06:05
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 652 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1532 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 97% 117 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 109 Splatting 93.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 920 Write 955 Mixed 848 203% 908 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 38 172% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 26.5 126% 280 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 653GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 307 Mixed 275 258% 346 MB/s	4K Read 6.78 4K Write 5.69 4K Mixed 0.74 470% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 25.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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