Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 08:41
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 99.7 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 151 69% 111 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 489 49% 396 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 183 Parallax 200 119% 176 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 176 Splatting 129 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 205 225 241 272 265 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 272 Write 305 Mixed 199 SusWrite 233 57% 252 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 25.3 91% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 142 126% 191 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 114%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 32GB free Firmware: 0007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 74 64 62 49 52 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.6% Average	Read 258 Write 118 Mixed 152 SusWrite 64.1 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 10.7 68% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 83.8 86% 141 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 62%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 120GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 113 Mixed 29 SusWrite 125 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.7 331% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 836GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 82 80 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 92 Write 92.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 80.6 106% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.1 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 16.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 37 108% 37 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 79%

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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	2,666x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	309x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	523x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	245x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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