Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). 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	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 04:56
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 662 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 65.6 64% 73 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 69 Splatting 69 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$32 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 590 609 196 132 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 596 Mixed 571 SusWrite 382 125% 558 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 29.5 194% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 49.2 151% 322 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 228%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 25GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 13 14 12 14 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 98.2 Write 21.4 Mixed 34 SusWrite 13.2 44% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 102% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 28%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 8.8 8.3 8.8 8.8 8.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.84% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 3.5 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 8.4 10% 8.83 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.84% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%

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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