Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	141% 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	165% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 19:42
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 219 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 652 61% 508 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; RTX 2080Ti FE CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	141% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 194 Parallax 211 157% 199 fps	MRender 230 Gravity 183 Splatting 123 140% 178 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 610 581 527 588 599 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 699 Write 616 Mixed 632 SusWrite 582 142% 633 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 64.5 223% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 947 650% 801 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 340%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 215GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 215 213 224 229 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 254 Mixed 293 SusWrite 219 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 27.2 127% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 50.6 84% 160 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 93 73 89 96 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 91 Write 87.8 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 91.3 62% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 164 165 163 164 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 103 Write 131 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 165 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 90%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 56GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 6.8 6.8 7 6.9 4.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 6.7 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 6.5 15% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 80% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 19.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 80%

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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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	183x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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