Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	91.7% 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 23:40
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 100 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 693 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 4360) 1GB CLim: 1084 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 7.77 Parallax 9.09 6% 8.05 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 8.73 Splatting 8.04 6% 7.24 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 231 276 288 278 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 291 Mixed 190 SusWrite 269 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 37.5 153% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 114 114% 187 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%
Mushkin Ventura Pro USB 3.0 64GB-$72 99 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 57GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 39.7 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 41.1 45% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 44% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 48.8 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 42.3 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 34.6 116% 34.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 90%

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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	2,692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16