Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.1% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 04:08
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 634 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 52.4 52% 61.2 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 57.1 Splatting 53.5 49% 61 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 67 102 108 97 115 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.1% Above average	Read 251 Write 93.7 Mixed 126 SusWrite 102 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 15.6 94% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 134 127% 202 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 89%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 111GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 144 255 285 272 282 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 331 Write 180 Mixed 178 SusWrite 243 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 14.1 79% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 274 215% 298 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 95%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 690GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 73 102 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 66 Write 37.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 92.3 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 60%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 833GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 68 115 124 120 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 122 Write 104 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 108 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 472GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 71 130 134 130 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 69 Write 67.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 119 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 84%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: MJAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 83 130 130 136 139 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 137 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 123 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 92%
Patriot Memory 126GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 6GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 3.9 19 19 6.3 13 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 22.7 Write 7.7 Mixed 2 SusWrite 11.2 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Mixed 0.2 31% 2 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.1% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 68%

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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	2,669x
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	254x
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 $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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