Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 02:55
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 249 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 447 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 84% 108 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 75.8 71% 88.3 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 202 177 199 172 173 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 451 Mixed 389 SusWrite 216 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.2 199% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 161GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 108 105 98 110 96 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 122 Write 174 Mixed 166 SusWrite 106 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 30.6 107% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 151 122% 171 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 203 201 203 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 154 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 202 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 9 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 10.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 72%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,732 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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