Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 16:00
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 466 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,530 Write 774 Mixed 946 238% 1083 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 17.2 75% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 156 206% 393 MB/s
Poor: 141% Great: 228%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 421GB free Firmware: 0509 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,438 Write 43 Mixed 90.2 386% 1,857 MB/s	4K Read 843 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 6 1,287% 284 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 152 153 151 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 160 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 152 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.4 409% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2B1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,681x
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	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	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16