Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.3%, 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	297% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 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	Apr 18 '20 at 14:44
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 684 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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: 445.87 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 184 Parallax 142 137% 165 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 195 Splatting 134 124% 153 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% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 837 864 572 840 751 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,620 Write 2,363 Mixed 1,868 SusWrite 770 426% 1,905 MB/s	4K Read 73.8 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 98.5 330% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,171 DQ Write 719 DQ Mixed 868 667% 919 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 473 482 482 482 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 486 Mixed 408 SusWrite 476 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 65.5 218% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 207GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 152 68 66 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 477 Write 260 Mixed 314 SusWrite 137 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 33.4 142% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 170 151% 224 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 183 Write 156 Mixed 104 SusWrite 105 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 264GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 76 77 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 88.7 Write 83.9 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 75.5 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 174GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 91.6 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 90.9 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 159GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 93 91 88 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 88.9 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 88.8 62% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.8% 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)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 62%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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