Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% 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	73.3% 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '20 at 17:17
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 740 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 107 Parallax 96.9 79% 100 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 96.9 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$176 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140516 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 173 181 183 186 182 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 338 Write 164 Mixed 259 SusWrite 174 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 35.4 129% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 173 140% 199 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 105%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 211GB free Firmware: 5.41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 375 386 395 380 380 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 86%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 173 182 185 186 187 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 335 Write 147 Mixed 261 SusWrite 176 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 29.8 120% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 215 157% 204 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 100%
WD WD7500KEVT-00A28T0 750GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 55 55 55 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	30% Poor	Read 49.3 Write 50.5 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 54.8 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 41%
WD Elements 25A2 1.5TB 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 109 111 112 112 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 128 Write 40.8 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 109 110% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 0.8 312% 3.27 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 0.6 386% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 87%

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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	2,704x
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	184x
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 $260	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 $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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