Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 19:25
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 68 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 81% 151 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 628 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 68 Parallax 59.9 50% 62.9 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 57.7 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 256 236 283 289 271 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 396 Write 290 Mixed 264 SusWrite 272 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 29.5 103% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 64.2 119% 238 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 104%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 36GB free Firmware: 5.0.7c SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 75 85 85 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 327 Write 85.3 Mixed 134 SusWrite 79 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 34.8 131% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 81.4 DQ Mixed 89.2 68% 92 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 198GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 64 63 62 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 58.2 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 62.8 39% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 44%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 86 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 89.2 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 85.9 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 233GB free Firmware: FBEOC40C SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 62 61 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 60.5 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 61.5 39% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%
WD 2500BEV External 250GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 180GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 33 Mixed 25 SusWrite 41.5 45% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.5 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 38%

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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	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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