Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 16:34
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 645 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 135 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.3 110% 78.1 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 61.9 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 479 Write 463 Mixed 432 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 64.3 211% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 356 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 659GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 95 96 95 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 95.7 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 250GB-$132 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 218GB free Firmware: V5DOA7EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 56 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 61.6 39% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 124 124 124 123 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 82 SusWrite 123 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 88%
OCZ VERTEX PLUS 1TB 270GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 159 144 75 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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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	2,691x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

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 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16