Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	143% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 01:00
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 680 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.1 81% 103 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 551 571 584 584 581 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 731 Write 625 Mixed 492 SusWrite 568 136% 604 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 59 197% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 424 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 393 297% 398 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 393%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 110GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 487 502 511 514 511 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,059 Write 866 Mixed 542 SusWrite 501 166% 742 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 39.7 141% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 170 137% 193 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 332%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 422GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 101 103 102 100 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 152 Write 108 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 99 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 400GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 85 85 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 82.5 Write 58.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 84.1 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400G 2OZ 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $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