Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 15:51
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 261 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 729 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 870C) ≥ 4GB; DUAL-RTX2060S-A8G-EVO CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 119 Parallax 132 98% 124 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 111 Splatting 102 102% 129 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 232GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 264 284 320 323 317 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 472 Mixed 374 SusWrite 284 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49 170% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 256 221% 326 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
SABRENT 1TB 731GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 883 973 853 835 871 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 249GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 63 62 63 62 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 42.3 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 61.3 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 43%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 105GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 55.1 Write 34.8 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 55.2 35% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 29.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.4% 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%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 62% - Good

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 $176	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) $32	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