Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	159% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 19:24
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 662 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 151 Parallax 127 117% 141 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 141 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 464 478 538 550 546 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 665 Write 567 Mixed 587 SusWrite 509 131% 582 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 63.4 224% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 1,063 705% 840 MB/s
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 332%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 80GB free Firmware: SAFC02.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 221 238 318 286 303 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 368 Mixed 311 SusWrite 264 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 34.8 134% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 140 164% 283 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 115%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 218GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 414 368 119 103 108 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 147GB free Firmware: 04.04V05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 85 84 84 81 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 74 SusWrite 83.6 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 920GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 110 111 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 111 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 87%

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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