Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	164% 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	122% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '19 at 15:00
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 658 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	164% Outstanding	Lighting 228 Reflection 235 Parallax 253 186% 239 fps	MRender 267 Gravity 225 Splatting 146 167% 213 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 363 375 386 384 382 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 564 Write 492 Mixed 459 SusWrite 375 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39 150% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 912 626% 772 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 363%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 420GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 370 384 393 392 392 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,057 Write 903 Mixed 636 SusWrite 383 166% 745 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.3 205% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 464 DQ Write 584 DQ Mixed 487 378% 512 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 313%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 106GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 127 127 128 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 368 Write 149 Mixed 194 SusWrite 129 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 30.8 138% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 166 125% 168 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 187 191 192 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 151 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 189 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 186 193 193 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 120 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 190 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 109%

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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	2,672x
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	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	101x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

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