Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.3% 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	75% 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 19:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 73.7 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 130 56% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 417 47% 368 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3251) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 104 Parallax 102 78% 100 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 81 71% 86.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 234 241 240 241 233 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 301 Write 267 Mixed 255 SusWrite 235 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 38 124% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 164 138% 201 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 915GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 122 122 120 119 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 148 Write 126 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 117 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 117 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 100 Write 110 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 116 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 198% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 90%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 70GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 34 34 34 34 32 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 126 Write 38 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 33 73% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 4.2 388% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 7.9 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 63%

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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%

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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 $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