Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	270% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '21 at 21:23
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^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)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 623 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 201 Parallax 211 150% 198 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 192 Splatting 132 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 774 847 851 845 814 776 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2484 Write 2,231 Mixed 1,816 SusWrite 818 411% 1,837 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 87.1 285% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 855 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 654 500% 686 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 45GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 226 99 101 98 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 370 Write 328 Mixed 298 SusWrite 161 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 36.1 136% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 175 111% 121 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 467 461 461 475 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 480 Mixed 407 SusWrite 463 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 60.1 198% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 331 257% 352 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 91GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 169 66 66 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 466 Write 359 Mixed 357 SusWrite 136 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 32.1 135% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 170 155% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 171GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 147 149 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 77.8 Write 64.3 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 148 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 259GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 76 76 75 76 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 87.7 Write 88.4 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 75.5 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 86 86 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 79.3 Write 85.7 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 85.1 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 86 86 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 80.2 Write 76.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 86.4 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 62%

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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	2,699x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	527x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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