Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (84%). 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	0.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140516
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 02:51
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	84%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 181 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 278 40% 291 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 74.9 Parallax 64 58% 70.1 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 64.5 52% 63.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 293 Write 146 Mixed 212 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 27.7 108% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 89.2 91% 149 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 152GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 23 23 22 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 152 Write 149 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 28.3 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 292GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 125 123 125 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 166 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 125 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 76%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,671x
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 $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