Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	247% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '20 at 17:16
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 433 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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% Good	Lighting 84.9 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 79.4 69% 84.6 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 70.7 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% 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% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 765 724 741 743 746 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 2,287 Mixed 1,608 SusWrite 688 346% 1,533 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 78.8 283% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,413 DQ Write 1,127 DQ Mixed 693 676% 1,078 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 277%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" (32GB NAND) 1TB-$41 561 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 401GB free Firmware: SD02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 66 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 102 Write 89.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 66.2 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.5 310% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 1AN10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 88 89 89 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 31 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 88.1 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 501GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 134 135 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 143 Mixed 71 SusWrite 134 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 968GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 88 89 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 83.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 87.2 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 111 112 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 112 134% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 51%

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)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.3% 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	2,684x
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	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	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16