Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	141% 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	282% 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	12.3 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 09 '20 at 12:37
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 737 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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 (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 208 Parallax 214 165% 208 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 197 Splatting 135 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% 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: 812 874 876 878 866 863 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,547 Write 2,337 Mixed 1,846 SusWrite 861 424% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 69.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 91.9 302% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 876 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 718 540% 728 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$81 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 210GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 475 480 481 480 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 480 Mixed 412 SusWrite 475 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 60.1 200% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 102GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 164 68 67 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 498 Write 408 Mixed 350 SusWrite 137 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 31.9 140% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 170 155% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 95%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 223GB free Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 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 40.9 Write 42 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 41.8 9% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 14.1 48% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 25.2 DQ Mixed 25.2 19% 25.4 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: 104 106 106 106 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 154 Write 121 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 105 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 264GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 76 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 91.2 Write 85.5 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 74.7 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 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: 85 85 87 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 85.5 Write 64 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 85.8 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 80.5 Write 83.9 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 83.3 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.1% 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)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.7% 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $629

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