Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 10:01
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 237 91% 157 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 705 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 190 89% 130 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 129 Splatting 129 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2082 Write 1,527 Mixed 563 305% 1,391 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 55.5 234% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,043 DQ Write 1,062 DQ Mixed 822 682% 976 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 107 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 183 Write 129 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 106 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$41 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 40GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 83 83 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 71 Write 73.5 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 84.4 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$41 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 31GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 82 80 79 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 75.7 Write 72.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 80.2 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2407 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 27.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 76%

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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	2,695x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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