Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	290% 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	12.4 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	Jun 10 '20 at 23:23
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 253 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 695 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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: 446.14 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 183 Parallax 140 131% 161 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 189 Splatting 133 122% 150 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% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 815 861 619 855 835 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,591 Write 2,345 Mixed 1823 SusWrite 789 422% 1887 MB/s	4K Read 70.4 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 92.2 314% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,115 DQ Write 705 DQ Mixed 849 649% 890 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 125GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 461 431 346 279 270 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 487 Mixed 407 SusWrite 370 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 63.3 209% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 207GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 163 67 68 66 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 488 Write 279 Mixed 368 SusWrite 137 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 32.9 139% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 170 155% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 104 103 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 162 Write 157 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 104 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.4% 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 (48^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 86.7 Write 86 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 76.1 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 174GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 91 92 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 87.5 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 90.9 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 89 90 90 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 85 Write 80 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 88.3 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.8% 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)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.6% 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	2,692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16