Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	94.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 18:00
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 212 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 676 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 158 Parallax 159 131% 159 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 140 Splatting 123 121% 152 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 163 181 181 180 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 425 Mixed 319 SusWrite 167 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 44.2 160% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 271 229% 334 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 133%
Asmt ASM105x 240GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 47GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 242 278 277 279 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 370 Write 284 Mixed 262 SusWrite 252 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 22.9 76% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 127 95% 128 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 70GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 79 80 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 139 Write 150 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 80.2 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 90%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 303GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 92 94 96 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 148 Write 141 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 90.6 73% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 141GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 162 176 179 178 179 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 101 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 164 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 620GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 91 94 97 96 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 158 Write 97.6 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 90.9 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$37 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 137GB free Firmware: MKAONS01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 138 144 143 145 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 84 Write 77.2 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 136 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 177GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 113 114 116 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 199 Write 162 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 111 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 2626 2TB 8,368 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 151GB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 40 42 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 41.9 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 39.8 53% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.4 159% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 65%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 665GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 145 144 146 147 144 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 149 Write 147 Mixed 110 SusWrite 143 185% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 25 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 86%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,684x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
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	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	173x
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	102x

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Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16