Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	201% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 21:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 657 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69.2 67% 76.9 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 75.7 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 589 650 657 659 662 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 728 Write 671 Mixed 662 SusWrite 637 152% 674 MB/s	4K Read 72.7 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 99.5 334% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 598 458% 628 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 241%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 432GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 410 446 451 457 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 487 Mixed 466 SusWrite 414 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 65.4 230% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 129%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 109 112 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 100 Write 108 Mixed 59 SusWrite 110 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 72%

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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%

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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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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) $34	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