Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	162% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 02:31
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 692 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 75.5 66% 80.4 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 67.6 60% 74.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$144 676 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 677GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 594 611 590 610 605 618 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 641 Write 609 Mixed 578 SusWrite 605 137% 608 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 72.3 221% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 806 562% 708 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 340%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 137 139 138 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 131 Mixed 92 SusWrite 137 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 930GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 146 146 146 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 160 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 145 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 119 122 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 110 Write 90 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 121 64% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 88%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 163 163 162 164 162 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 146 Mixed 71 SusWrite 162 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 69%

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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	2,669x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	182x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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