Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	99.1% 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 Drive	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 22:14
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing way below expectations (10^th 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 156 60% 103 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 263 31% 240 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 115 Parallax 117 101% 119 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 114 Splatting 91.9 96% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 32 30 29 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 319 Write 41.2 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 31.2 25% 116 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 23.1 4K Mixed 11.8 55% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 29.6 DQ Mixed 47.5 68% 136 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 136GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 248 275 281 292 283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 308 Write 291 Mixed 282 SusWrite 269 65% 287 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 21.6 75% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 234 176% 236 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 129%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 143 147 144 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 96.7 Write 116 Mixed 63 SusWrite 145 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 395GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 58 59 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 102 Write 91.4 Mixed 66 SusWrite 57.8 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 22GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 16 17 19 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 36 Write 18.3 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 16.8 29% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.2 82% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 63%

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

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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	2,671x
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