Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	41.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	257% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 711 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.6% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 56.6 47% 57.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1227 1268 1211 1216 1179 1182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,154 Write 1,071 Mixed 975 SusWrite 1,214 249% 1,103 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 83.6 278% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,224 DQ Write 1,023 DQ Mixed 1,088 824% 1,111 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 920GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 477 469 475 471 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 454 Mixed 399 SusWrite 473 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 58.2 212% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 191 189 191 191 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 136 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 189 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$22 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 18 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 97.6 Write 23 Mixed 25 SusWrite 20.4 44% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 993 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 79%

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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