Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	161% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 09:00
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 246 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 707 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 172GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 158 158 168 176 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	67% Good	Read 464 Write 312 Mixed 321 SusWrite 162 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 28.7 101% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 145 113% 159 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 71%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 109GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 138 134 132 136 132 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	69.4% Good	Read 250 Write 124 Mixed 180 SusWrite 134 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 38.6 142% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 152 118% 163 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 87%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 331 333 331 328 330 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 760 Write 654 Mixed 642 SusWrite 348 135% 601 MB/s	4K Read 68.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 79.4 264% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 440 DQ Mixed 647 471% 622 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 280%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 112GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 94 103 97 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 149 Write 122 Mixed 140 SusWrite 98.1 29% 127 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 33.6 138% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 115 91% 126 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 61%
Kingston HyperX 3K 480GB-$256 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 375GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 175 176 186 176 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 482 Write 313 Mixed 374 SusWrite 174 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 29.6 107% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 142 114% 163 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 69%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 97GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 226 223 152 154 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 407 Write 241 Mixed 291 SusWrite 197 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 42.5 159% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 254 195% 266 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 131 136 136 137 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 412 Write 154 Mixed 207 SusWrite 134 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 42.2 161% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 160 123% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 533GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 42.8 Write 37.3 Mixed 34.4 SusWrite 42.9 53% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,689x
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 $90Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16