Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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.
Boot Drive	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 17:56
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 457 52% 408 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 126 108% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 72 47 91 93 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 336 Write 119 Mixed 134 SusWrite 73.4 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 32.7 131% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 84.7 72% 111 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 375GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 98 107 101 124 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 124 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 106 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 144 156 157 158 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 92.3 Write 77.8 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 150 62% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 90%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 6,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 3.4 3 3.4 3.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	8.34% Terrible	Read 40 Write 2 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 3.2 11% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.34% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 79%

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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	2,689x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16