Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	174% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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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
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 504 66% 499 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1355 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.4% Below average	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 27.7 28% 34.3 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 78.1 56% 66.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 975 Write 907 Mixed 976 213% 953 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 58.3 189% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 227 233% 380 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 313%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 21GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23994 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5026 (B1) Unknown 88 88 409 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1047 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64515001606	70.5% Very good	Read 491 Write 248 Mixed 357 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 19.6 93% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 59.2 75% 140 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 500GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 109 Write 93.2 Mixed 111 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58% 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 @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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 $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