Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% 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	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 23:57
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 459 60% 454 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1982 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 107 Parallax 93.6 80% 99.4 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 95.4 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 62 89 66 57 MB/s Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.2% Above average	Read 280 Write 107 Mixed 155 SusWrite 73.2 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 26.1 117% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 69.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 79.4 65% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 141 150 147 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 76 Write 112 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 148 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 205% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 90%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 702GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 77 77 77 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44% Average	Read 75.7 Write 73.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 77.1 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 51%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 160GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 68 71 70 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 77.7 Write 83 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 70.1 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan 1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0423 Vulcan 1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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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	2,691x
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 $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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16