Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 01:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 552 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 24.6 21% 25.6 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 28.5 Splatting 29.4 24% 29.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 181 52 69 59 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 346 Write 329 Mixed 296 SusWrite 125 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 47.1 157% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 186 154% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 197 203 201 203 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 196 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 202 124% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 186 185 187 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 130 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 187 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 109%

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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