Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150827
Uptime	17 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 17:10
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 236 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 633 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 84.5 74% 88.4 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 72.3 70% 88.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 109 103 99 98 93 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 412 Mixed 410 SusWrite 123 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 55.2 189% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 192GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 433 144 175 174 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 496 Mixed 377 SusWrite 252 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.6 161% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 205 190% 292 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 150 150 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 158 Mixed 111 SusWrite 150 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 120GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 74 72 73 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 72.3 Write 67.7 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 73.2 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Wireless Plus 2TB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 780A SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 113 114 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 107 Write 79.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 112 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.8 192% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 528GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 40.4 Write 40.5 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 43.8 53% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB 564 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 611GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 120 120 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 132 Write 131 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 119 152% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 64% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 79%

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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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

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	101x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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