Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	192% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '20 at 09:11
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 404 61% 440 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1532 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Lighting 85.3 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 79.7 70% 85 fps	MRender 84.9 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 71 63% 78.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 752 734 743 732 722 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,076 Write 2,032 Mixed 570 SusWrite 722 248% 1,100 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 50.3 222% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 767 DQ Mixed 716 573% 805 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 277%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" (32GB NAND) 1TB-$41 561 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 238GB free Firmware: SD02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 65 64 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 82.7 Write 65.3 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 65.2 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.6 300% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 1AN10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 23 23 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 67.3 Write 39.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 23 29% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 927GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 21 21 21 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 95.5 Write 28.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 21.3 33% 44.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 168% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 542GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 82 89 88 87 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 73.8 Write 64.5 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 85.5 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%

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

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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	2,671x
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