Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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	109% 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	120% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150224
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '20 at 20:15
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 84.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 230 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 521 59% 462 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% 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: 442.59 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 180 Parallax 181 111% 166 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 497 521 554 533 534 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 692 Write 566 Mixed 587 SusWrite 514 132% 589 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 40.5 138% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 725 DQ Write 75.5 DQ Mixed 164 179% 321 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 116GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 310 309 318 306 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 486 Write 442 Mixed 413 SusWrite 311 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 37.9 123% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 132 121% 195 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 829GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 212 209 215 207 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 181 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 211 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.3% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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