Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 158% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	173% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 02:20
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 685 76% 599 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487); evga ftw3 ultra ugh CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 4208 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Lighting 238 Reflection 260 Parallax 260 194% 253 fps	MRender 306 Gravity 242 Splatting 157 184% 235 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 152 155 127 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 308 Write 213 Mixed 238 SusWrite 139 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 33.7 143% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 168 131% 179 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 85%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 223GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 420 454 425 421 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 431 Mixed 417 SusWrite 432 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 61.2 181% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 295 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 279GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 112 113 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 61 SusWrite 112 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 218GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 75 75 75 74 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 74.1 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 68%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 394GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 78.5 Write 75 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 79.9 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%

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

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,671x
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

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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 $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 $45	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