Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	180% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 03:00
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 96.3 1-Core 95.3 2-Core 181 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 529 50% 415 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 324 324 326 323 321 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,377 Write 1,180 Mixed 549 SusWrite 369 193% 869 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 61.9 212% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 751 DQ Mixed 729 573% 795 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 236%
WD My Passport 0830 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 33GB free Firmware: 1065 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 61 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 51.7 Write 53.1 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 60.3 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 50%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 625GB free Firmware: 0003 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 91.9 Write 81.9 Mixed 21.8 47% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 7GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 47 47 47 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 42.1 Write 32.1 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 46.7 28% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2277 MHz Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 90%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16