Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	186% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 20:27
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 241 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 679 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 64 Reflection 70.2 78% 67.1 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 631 626 616 614 608 604 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 747 Write 654 Mixed 660 SusWrite 616 151% 669 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 83.4 274% 94.6 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 912 634% 790 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 340%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 97GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 277 280 283 282 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 276 Mixed 202 SusWrite 281 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.2 148% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 120 125% 208 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 139 142 144 144 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 129 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 143 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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