Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.1% 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	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 20:37
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 682 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 93.1 84% 96.3 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 77.2 73% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 106 47 65 122 74 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.8% Good	Read 110 Write 204 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 89.4 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 37.5 130% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 225 204% 311 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 104%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 465GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 760 837 829 740 663 479 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 2,111 Mixed 1,577 SusWrite 718 330% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 2.4 127% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 444 321% 416 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 8TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 33 38 81 55 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 228 Write 209 Mixed 5 SusWrite 52.8 88% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 53 2.2 52 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 6.5 Write 21 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 30.2 11% 15 MB/s	4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 72%

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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	2,695x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16