Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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, 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 03:29
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 739 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1175 MHz, MLim: 1580 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 103 68% 90.1 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 50 52% 65.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 240GB SSD 240GB 3,846 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0226A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 23 64 34 46 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 472 Write 409 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 91.4 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 3.4 62% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 1.4 74% 174 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 359GB free Firmware: HPH3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 193 198 198 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 181 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 196 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,708x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	314x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	528x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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: 63% - Good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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