Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 18:55
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	64%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 260 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 542 62% 483 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8660) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 160 Parallax 165 145% 168 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 153 Splatting 117 117% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,448 Write 4,440 Mixed 4,324 985% 4,404 MB/s	4K Read 356 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 136 813% 227 MB/s	DQ Read 671 DQ Write 558 DQ Mixed 661 482% 630 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 626GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 446 387 371 368 376 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 448 Mixed 382 SusWrite 400 93% 410 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 32.2 113% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 334 252% 338 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 105%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 344GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 83 84 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 74.3 Write 76.8 Mixed 53 SusWrite 81.9 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

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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