Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '21 at 20:39
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 702 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1526 MHz, MLim: 1507 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 80.7 66% 84.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 80 Splatting 71.9 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 892 886 870 816 682 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 959 Write 977 Mixed 683 SusWrite 826 194% 861 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 307 4K Mixed 49.8 281% 131 MB/s	DQ Read 1,655 DQ Write 951 DQ Mixed 192 440% 932 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 230%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 354GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 452 438 452 455 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 466 Mixed 352 SusWrite 434 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.8 134% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 123 140% 235 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 248GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 474 467 468 472 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 474 Mixed 350 SusWrite 455 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.2 144% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 89.3 110% 188 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
528 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 2GB free, PID 5500 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 102 Write 47.6 Mixed 2.5 49% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.9 118% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 42%
528 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 2GB free, PID 5500 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 51 62 52 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 117 Write 9.8 Mixed 25 SusWrite 53.5 55% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 117% 4.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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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	2,669x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	182x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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