Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 14:07
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 734 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3070) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1145 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 99.4 65% 82.6 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 66.5 Splatting 85.2 61% 73.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 119 133 126 128 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 403 Mixed 331 SusWrite 152 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 54.2 206% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 175 182% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 51GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 109 96 54 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 86 Write 180 Mixed 159 SusWrite 92.2 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 31.8 142% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 132 107% 151 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 65%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,669x
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	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	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