Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (79%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 09:17
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	79%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 744 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 866D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 117 Parallax 126 109% 126 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 127 Splatting 99.6 105% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 196 210 211 210 206 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 374 Write 247 Mixed 311 SusWrite 207 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 51.1 167% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 223 160% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 415GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 547 647 647 613 621 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 755 Write 664 Mixed 658 SusWrite 616 152% 673 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 87.3 288% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 1,102 725% 855 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 340%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 774GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 166 169 171 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 168 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 168 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D21BCE1.16FN 4x8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% 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