Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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, 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	12.9 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 24 '21 at 07:32
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 301 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 787 85% 673 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% 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)	63% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 84.6 Parallax 104 68% 90.8 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 50.3 52% 65.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 240GB SSD 240GB 3,846 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0226A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 36 47 39 46 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 483 Write 414 Mixed 382 SusWrite 87 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 1.7 60% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 39.3 DQ Mixed 41.1 52% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 419GB free Firmware: HPH3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 189 189 192 192 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 71 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 190 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 146% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 112% 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 27 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,805 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,729x
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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