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 above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 01 '19 at 11:34
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 624 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,387 Write 1,181 Mixed 514 227% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 54.2 201% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 858 DQ Write 734 DQ Mixed 678 540% 757 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 768GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 677GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 344 344 341 293 275 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,323 Write 679 Mixed 581 SusWrite 315 160% 725 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 39.6 183% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 436 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 316 254% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 314%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 96 96 94 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 347 Write 128 Mixed 194 SusWrite 96.6 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 38.3 149% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 154 117% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 80%
WD My Passport 0830 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 25GB free Firmware: 1065 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 51.4 Write 53 Mixed 37.4 SusWrite 59.9 37% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 50%
Sandisk Ultra 31GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 22GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 27 14 15 15 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 153 Write 44.7 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 26.2 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.7 502% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 70%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 640GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 554GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 216 214 216 194 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 169 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 200 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 1.3 306% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 120%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2GB free Firmware: 0502 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 71 Write 47.3 Mixed 46.3 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 66%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 108 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 107 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 65%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 617GB free Firmware: 0003 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 89.4 Write 75.9 Mixed 21.7 45% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 57%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 26.4 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

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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	2,695x
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	257x
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 $273	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 $168	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