Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 06:32
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 167 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 433 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 79.4 65% 80.9 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 73 Splatting 66.3 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 356 278 252 230 205 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 430 Mixed 366 SusWrite 288 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 50 173% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 346 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 15GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 14 16 15 16 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Read 6.5 Write 9 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 15.3 7% 9.57 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 83%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 13GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 96 93 85 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 97.2 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 91.4 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 75%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 21GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 105 105 105 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 52 Write 79.2 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 105 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 110%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 450 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 0059 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 5 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	5.86% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.2 9% 8.65 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.86% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $134	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