Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	132% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150625
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 19:04
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 228 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 622 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 84% 109 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 820GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 483 614 571 572 581 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 637 Write 574 Mixed 544 SusWrite 520 128% 569 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 54.4 168% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 554 DQ Write 434 DQ Mixed 268 262% 418 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 255%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 338 392 161 120 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 449 Write 234 Mixed 296 SusWrite 225 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 39.6 133% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 247 217% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 126%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 476GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 115 115 114 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 114 69% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 106%

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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	2,671x
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