Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	174% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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, 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 463 59% 446 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0472) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1355 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 93 62% 77.7 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 80.7 58% 69 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 681 592 596 602 603 598 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1085 Write 923 Mixed 571 SusWrite 612 178% 798 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 62.2 217% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 687 DQ Mixed 454 378% 536 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 313%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 66GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 230 222 253 241 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 478 Write 240 Mixed 284 SusWrite 240 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 26 106% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 126 108% 165 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 408GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 95 97 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 111 Write 100 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 95 61% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 984 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.5 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 26.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,689x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

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 $90Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16