Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% 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	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 10:00
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 219 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 598 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 113 98% 118 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB-$50 744 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 134 125 124 127 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	50% Average	Read 658 Write 120 Mixed 192 SusWrite 126 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 5 58% 13.5 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 131%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 718GB free Firmware: CC51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 157 158 158 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 128 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 157 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 631GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 116 122 119 121 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 161 Write 129 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 120 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 96%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 334GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 160 159 159 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 154 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 160 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 98%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 764GB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 191 190 188 189 193 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 122 123 124 123 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 145 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 123 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 99%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 8TB 2TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 190 188 191 189 192 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 81 SusWrite 190 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 536% 4.23 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1867, 1333, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 70%

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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	2,668x
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	253x
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 $129Bench 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 $46

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