Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	281% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 14:12
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 688 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 189 Parallax 157 142% 173 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 198 Splatting 137 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 849 880 880 881 852 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,520 Write 2,319 Mixed 1,841 SusWrite 848 421% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 70.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 93.5 307% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 884 DQ Write 583 DQ Mixed 714 538% 727 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 470 473 473 474 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 479 Mixed 405 SusWrite 468 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 60.7 200% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 102GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 161 66 68 66 67 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 459 Write 263 Mixed 345 SusWrite 136 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 31.6 139% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 170 152% 224 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 215GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 106 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 166 Write 134 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 105 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 264GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 76 77 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 90.2 Write 89.8 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 75.8 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 143GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 85 86 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 85.2 Write 81.4 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 85.4 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 85GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 86 87 86 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 70.6 Write 72.7 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 85.5 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 62%

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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	2,689x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16