Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	296% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 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	Mar 01 '20 at 21:38
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 706 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 184 Parallax 142 136% 164 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 196 Splatting 138 126% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 876 877 878 868 820 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,618 Write 2,364 Mixed 1,850 SusWrite 875 431% 1,927 MB/s	4K Read 70.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 97.1 315% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1102 DQ Write 671 DQ Mixed 827 632% 867 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 472 478 478 478 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 488 Mixed 403 SusWrite 471 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 65.3 216% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 207GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 159 67 68 66 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 491 Write 255 Mixed 330 SusWrite 137 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 32.4 140% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 171 151% 223 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 177 Write 152 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 104 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 264GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 83 Write 89.4 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 75.9 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 174GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 89 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 87.6 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 90.5 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 90 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 75.8 Write 86.2 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 91.8 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 62%

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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	2,672x
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	173x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $295	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