Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 15:55
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 696 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 77.6 79% 87.4 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 81 Splatting 76.2 63% 76.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 386 Write 253 Mixed 262 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.8 182% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 148 128% 189 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 86%
Corsair Force GS 360GB-$294 529 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 115GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 194 201 211 204 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 351 Write 199 Mixed 240 SusWrite 197 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 25 89% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 80.4 DQ Mixed 82.3 76% 121 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 65%
Hitachi HTS545032A7E380 320GB 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 31GB free Firmware: GGBOAC90 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 35 31 38 44 44 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 62.2 Mixed 29 SusWrite 38.8 36% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 44%
Hitachi HTS543216A7A384 160GB 1,045 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 145GB free Firmware: ES1OA60W SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 68.3 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 68.6 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 82%

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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	2,692x
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	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
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 $139Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16