Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	127% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '19 at 04:55
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 620 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 158 Parallax 133 118% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 143 Splatting 115 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 332 456 410 332 422 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 476 Mixed 382 SusWrite 395 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.2 213% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 335 258% 351 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 43GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 145 144 143 144 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 339 Mixed 361 SusWrite 170 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.7 194% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 178 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 426GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2204 2187 2196 2190 1956 2140 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	370% Outstanding	Read 2,430 Write 2,206 Mixed 1,514 SusWrite 2,145 466% 2,074 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 83.5 301% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,228 DQ Write 1,002 DQ Mixed 1,148 850% 1,126 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 370% Great: 393%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 816GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 102 99 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 102 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 102 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 18.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,668x
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 $130Bench 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