Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	141% 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	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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 09:01
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 586 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 81% 104 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 95 Splatting 99.8 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 537 565 603 609 514 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,061 Write 881 Mixed 547 SusWrite 550 170% 760 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 39.2 140% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 490 DQ Mixed 345 297% 436 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 332%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 404GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 91 91 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 123 Write 104 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 91.1 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB 810 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 197 200 203 196 201 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 204 Mixed 71 SusWrite 199 124% 171 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.4 346% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 164%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 63%

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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	2,671x
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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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