Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	39.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 11:38
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 72.9 1-Core 33.3 2-Core 66.4 39% 57.5 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 390 30% 268 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.9% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 53.8 Parallax 46.2 35% 47.5 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 54 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 276 289 309 309 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 322 Write 409 Mixed 294 SusWrite 296 75% 330 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 19.4 74% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 216 178% 254 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 87GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 218 239 273 262 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 334 Write 329 Mixed 248 SusWrite 248 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 20 78% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 225 171% 230 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 119%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 197GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 70 70 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 84.3 Write 88.5 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 70.2 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 86%
Freecom 1TB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 727GB free, PID fc9f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 89.5 Write 55.8 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 95.6 96% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 42%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 124GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 115GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.5 7.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	8.33% Terrible	Read 29 Write 10.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 10.7 17% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.33% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,671x
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	172x
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 $300	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