Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	114% 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	93.9% 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	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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 01:31
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 60.7 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 142 57% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 304 34% 270 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 172 Parallax 171 125% 165 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 159 Splatting 111 103% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 218 184 171 158 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 394 Mixed 345 SusWrite 193 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 46.1 157% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 248 216% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 126%
WD My Book 25EE 3TB 3,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 456GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 31 33 35 36 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 31.2 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 33.5 43% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 91%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 295GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 88 94 96 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 120 Write 95.7 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 94.1 124% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 165% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 85%

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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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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,732 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,668x
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	253x
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 $129Bench 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 $184	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) $35	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