Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	299% 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

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	May 22 '20 at 15:05
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 744 79% 628 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.9% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 180 Parallax 141 132% 161 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 188 Splatting 130 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% 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% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 836 860 877 859 861 805 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,566 Write 2,217 Mixed 1,879 SusWrite 850 420% 1878 MB/s	4K Read 72.1 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 98.2 328% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,174 DQ Write 747 DQ Mixed 891 683% 937 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 482 485 483 485 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 483 Mixed 410 SusWrite 480 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 64.7 213% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 207GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 156 68 68 67 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 501 Write 408 Mixed 352 SusWrite 137 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 33.9 144% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 171 156% 235 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 105 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 155 Write 154 Mixed 104 SusWrite 105 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 264GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 88.7 Write 80 Mixed 50 SusWrite 76.1 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.4% 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% Above average	Read 90 Write 86.7 Mixed 59 SusWrite 90.8 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 137GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 88 Write 85.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 90.3 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.2% 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)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 24.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.2% 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	2,671x
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