Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	186% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 00:50
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 679 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 173 Parallax 139 133% 159 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 190 Splatting 133 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 487 576 581 584 580 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 756 Write 612 Mixed 643 SusWrite 528 142% 635 MB/s	4K Read 70.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 89.9 297% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 912 625% 772 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 276GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 351 397 400 399 399 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 486 Mixed 412 SusWrite 367 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 66.5 221% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 314GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 106 105 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 135 Write 142 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 105 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 194GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 88.9 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 93.5 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 117GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 75 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 70.1 Write 72.9 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 75.9 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 79%

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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	2,698x
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	527x
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 $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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16