Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, 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	89.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 20:59
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 618 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3251) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 104 Parallax 93.9 83% 99.9 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 83.3 72% 87.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 203 209 208 207 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 351 Write 345 Mixed 293 SusWrite 207 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 50 168% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 171 146% 214 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 800GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 163 162 163 164 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 123 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 163 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 135 136 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 94.5 Write 116 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 134 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 245% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 751GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 105 106 108 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 98.1 Write 99.3 Mixed 60 SusWrite 106 123% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11.4 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% 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	2,671x
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 $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	183x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	101x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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