Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.5% 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 Drive167% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VII HERO  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateJan 25 '20 at 15:52
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 91.8
1-Core 121
2-Core 238
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 629
70% 550 Pts
64-Core 629
39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
EVGA(3842 1267) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 95.2
Parallax 87.6
87% 96.6 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 89.4
Splatting 78.8
73% 91.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 81%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$192
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 609 591 604 607 603 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
167% Outstanding
Read 666
Write 609
Mixed 558
SusWrite 610
138% 611 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 78.7
231% 86.8 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 544
DQ Mixed 321
331% 546 MB/s
Poor: 154%
This bench: 167%
Great: 282%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28.9% Poor
MC Read 9.2
MC Write 9.3
MC Mixed 8.1
25% 8.87 GB/s
SC Read 8.2
SC Write 9.5
SC Mixed 9.1
26% 8.93 GB/s
Latency 64.4
62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 28.9%
Great: 35%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,729 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $657
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