Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	49% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '19 at 06:48
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 671 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 670 41% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 98.9 87% 108 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S 240GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 135 123 72 74 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 359 Write 315 Mixed 109 SusWrite 100 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 21.4 87% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 51.4 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 40.8 33% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 84%
Kingston SA400S3 960GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 874GB free Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 230 241 291 285 324 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 355 Write 310 Mixed 282 SusWrite 262 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 36.8 133% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 173 138% 192 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 135 135 133 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 69.7 Write 97 Mixed 30 SusWrite 134 60% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.4 168% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 776GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 178 178 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 179 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.1% 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	2,699x
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 $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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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