Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	6.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 15:00
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 460 58% 441 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 63.1 54% 64.6 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 52.5 48% 60.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSA2M040G2GC 250GB 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 278 256 229 223 206 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 486 Write 308 Mixed 274 SusWrite 246 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 36 154% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 240 209% 312 MB/s

Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 54GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 135 136 135 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 255 Write 134 Mixed 144 SusWrite 130 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 23 81% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 53.9 53% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 48%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 11GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 25 41 32 30 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 195 Write 41 Mixed 67 SusWrite 34.7 18% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 11.7 69% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 40.1 DQ Mixed 56.5 48% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 92GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 390 461 471 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 481 Mixed 369 SusWrite 439 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.2 196% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 340 262% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 314GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 45 43 47 51 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 77.2 Mixed 45 SusWrite 47 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 664 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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