Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 12:33
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 576 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 75.6 63% 77.2 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 71.7 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 255 264 241 247 228 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 409 Write 334 Mixed 385 SusWrite 251 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 38.4 126% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 286 227% 316 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 99%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 238GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 303 309 316 298 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 446 Mixed 256 SusWrite 306 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 44.6 158% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 284 232% 331 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 117%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 79GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 301 307 314 296 290 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 405 Mixed 266 SusWrite 300 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 38.4 150% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 318 244% 330 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 106 110 163 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 78.2 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 132 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 104%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 167 167 167 168 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 163 Write 133 Mixed 79 SusWrite 166 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 617GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 109 121 126 126 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 98.3 Write 112 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 122 125% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 6% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 26.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

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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	2,666x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	309x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	523x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	245x

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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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