Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% 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	92.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 00:50
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 738 79% 629 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1542 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 121 Parallax 116 91% 116 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 86.7 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 194 216 229 208 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 222 Mixed 260 SusWrite 203 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 47.1 169% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 230 171% 229 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 93%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 25GB free Firmware: 5.81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 208 233 243 226 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 289 Mixed 327 SusWrite 217 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 52.7 184% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 278 206% 271 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 93%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free Firmware: 60AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 83 78 83 91 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 173 Write 118 Mixed 135 SusWrite 81.3 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 26.9 109% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 90.1 75% 108 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 73%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 43GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 366 427 424 432 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 476 Mixed 298 SusWrite 386 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.5 167% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 168 177% 292 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 134 132 132 130 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 114 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 132 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 993 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 79%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,736 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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 $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