Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	84% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 03:39
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 669 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 141 Parallax 141 123% 144 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 107% 135 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 295 295 294 296 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 360 Write 343 Mixed 272 SusWrite 295 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 36.2 135% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 197 156% 217 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 67GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 71 68 68 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 71.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 69.8 49% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 50GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 100 98 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 100 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 97.4 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 74%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 466GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 130 130 130 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 77 SusWrite 128 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $260	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 $175	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