Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '20 at 02:50
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 251 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 743 81% 642 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 108 Parallax 103 81% 103 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 93.3 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$179 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140516 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 302 Write 157 Mixed 248 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 30.8 110% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 171 139% 198 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 105%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 211GB free Firmware: 5.41 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 626 Write 472 Mixed 361 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 37.6 140% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 418 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 312 270% 398 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 86%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: M311 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 318 Write 152 Mixed 251 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 25.3 108% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 210 155% 202 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 100%
WD WD7500KEVT-00A28T0 750GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 49.1 Write 38 Mixed 34.3 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% 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 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 158 Write 33 Mixed 73.3 92% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 0.8 299% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% 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)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 87%

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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	2,728x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	316x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	531x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	260x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	247x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	199x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	176x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	128x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	186x
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: $633

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