Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	278% 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 15:22
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 247 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 649 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 201 Parallax 194 150% 193 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 194 Splatting 134 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% 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% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 683 863 876 880 870 859 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,519 Write 2,330 Mixed 1,860 SusWrite 838 422% 1,887 MB/s	4K Read 69.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 91.8 301% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 878 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 707 533% 720 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 45GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 241 100 100 99 100 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 366 Write 175 Mixed 290 SusWrite 159 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 36.9 136% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 171 137% 190 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 210GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 426 473 472 473 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 486 Mixed 409 SusWrite 448 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 60.6 200% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 90GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 208 67 67 66 67 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 483 Write 340 Mixed 348 SusWrite 135 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 32 132% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 170 156% 234 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 191GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 186 Write 143 Mixed 102 SusWrite 104 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 195% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 264GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 88.1 Write 94.3 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 75.9 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 143GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 87.5 Write 64.7 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 85.8 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 227GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 97.7 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 97.9 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.2% 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)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.7% 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	2,699x
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	527x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16