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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	194% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '20 at 13:50
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 699 78% 614 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 548 557 405 294 431 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 2,063 Write 450 Mixed 637 SusWrite 464 197% 903 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 46.5 190% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 598 DQ Write 547 DQ Mixed 499 395% 548 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 333%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$100 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 477GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 481 480 453 472 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 445 Mixed 406 SusWrite 472 101% 446 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 49.3 173% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 303 245% 347 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 126%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 762GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 70 73 72 73 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 100 Write 97.7 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 72.3 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 57%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 368GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 239 243 240 243 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 237 Write 217 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 241 135% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 206% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 174%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.7 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 27.2 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 44.6 90% 44.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

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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	2,721x
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	530x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	258x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	128x

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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16