Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.3% 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	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 09:40
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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-$348 340,934 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 97% 170 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 733 77% 600 Pts	64-Core 724 49% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 176,561 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 90% 110 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 91 80% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$70 768,156 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 255 242 245 240 235 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 494 Mixed 388 SusWrite 269 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.1 226% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$108 370,329 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 15GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 517 Write 492 Mixed 450 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 71.7 242% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 85% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$73 51,646 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 137 133 137 135 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 124 Mixed 73 SusWrite 136 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$73 51,646 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 153 154 155 153 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 97 Write 56.5 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 152 69% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 31,451 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 340,934 samples	3,400x
Core i5-4690KIntel $221Bench 79%, 219,579 samples	662x
Core i7-4790Intel $209Bench 76%, 202,700 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 642,081 samples	759x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	431x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	374x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	307x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	305x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $108Bench 114%, 370,329 samples	239x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 59%, 32,781 samples	241x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 83,026 samples	214x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 66%, 17,224 samples	213x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16