Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% 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	98.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 18:52
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 742 80% 636 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1681 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 123 Parallax 124 98% 122 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 110 Splatting 99.9 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 325 367 161 97 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 373 Mixed 302 SusWrite 229 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 42.4 170% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 321 246% 332 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 104%
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 200GB free Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 136 96 95 96 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 448 Mixed 382 SusWrite 148 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.7 195% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 108 138% 244 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 607GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 131 131 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 133 Mixed 96 SusWrite 131 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 26 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 44.7 90% 44.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

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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	2,666x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	309x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	523x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	245x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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