Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% 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 93.3%, 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	292% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 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 16 '20 at 13:09
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 709 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 181 Parallax 150 132% 164 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 189 Splatting 128 121% 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% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 776 858 878 878 869 858 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,565 Write 2,350 Mixed 1,844 SusWrite 853 426% 1,903 MB/s	4K Read 71 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 96.2 314% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 819 626% 857 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 124GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 474 477 478 478 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 468 Mixed 408 SusWrite 472 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 61.5 203% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 207GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 159 67 68 68 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 491 Write 335 Mixed 358 SusWrite 138 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 32.4 140% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 171 156% 235 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 232GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 150 150 148 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 118 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 149 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 264GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 77 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 92 Write 86 Mixed 44 SusWrite 76.1 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 174GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 90 92 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 84.7 Write 82 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 90.8 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 84 89 90 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 76.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 69 SusWrite 88.2 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.2% 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)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 24.8 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 62%

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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	2,671x
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 $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	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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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