Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	270% 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	12.5 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	Nov 08 '20 at 13:02
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (60^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)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 689 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 209 Parallax 214 157% 205 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 193 Splatting 135 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% 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% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 869 877 856 862 777 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,428 Write 2,338 Mixed 1,842 SusWrite 827 416% 1,859 MB/s	4K Read 70.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 93.6 308% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 584 DQ Write 582 DQ Mixed 253 281% 473 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$81 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 210GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 466 478 478 480 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 485 Mixed 402 SusWrite 464 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 60.5 200% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 261 224% 329 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: 353 192 66 68 67 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 472 Write 327 Mixed 349 SusWrite 135 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 32.7 138% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 169 155% 232 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 95%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 223GB free Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.3% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 40.9 SusWrite 41.6 9% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 14.1 48% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 25.6 DQ Mixed 25.2 19% 25 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 215GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 164 Write 142 Mixed 104 SusWrite 104 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 264GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 65 66 73 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 85 Write 92.2 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 70.2 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 143GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 81 86 86 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 87.9 Write 80.8 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 82.5 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 72 64 83 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 82.5 Write 80.3 Mixed 62 SusWrite 76 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.6% 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)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.2% 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	2,711x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	314x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	528x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	127x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	185x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16