Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 18:36
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 216 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 600 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% 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 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 77.7 64% 78.8 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 71 Splatting 65.3 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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: 225 281 54 44 43 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 359 Write 339 Mixed 301 SusWrite 115 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 37.1 133% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 169 130% 182 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 200 202 204 205 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 174 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 202 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 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: 185 184 188 187 189 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 150 Mixed 80 SusWrite 187 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 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 (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.3% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 109%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,791 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,717x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	316x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	529x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	258x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	127x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	185x
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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16