Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	185% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 18:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 698 76% 600 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2832 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 208 Parallax 191 159% 198 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 194 Splatting 128 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 358 320 320 323 317 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,393 Write 1,176 Mixed 732 SusWrite 346 203% 912 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 52.5 217% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 937 DQ Mixed 626 564% 855 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 265 294 295 295 218 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 367 Mixed 333 SusWrite 265 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.8 202% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 238 180% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 586GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 92.9 Write 92.8 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 79.9 52% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 67% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 704 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,668x
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	253x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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