Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	140% 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	278% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 26 '21 at 14:41
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 692 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2765 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 211 Parallax 204 159% 204 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 207 Splatting 141 133% 165 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% 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% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 734 857 881 877 880 862 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,548 Write 2319 Mixed 1,865 SusWrite 848 424% 1,895 MB/s	4K Read 69.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 91.7 300% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 819 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 681 509% 683 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 45GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 225 100 102 100 99 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 369 Write 296 Mixed 297 SusWrite 160 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 37.8 139% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 175 139% 192 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 173GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 449 478 479 478 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 481 Mixed 411 SusWrite 462 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 60.1 196% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 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: 363 186 68 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 497 Write 411 Mixed 366 SusWrite 136 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 31.9 134% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 171 142% 198 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 171GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 113 114 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 76.3 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 114 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 259GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 94.9 Write 93.4 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 76.3 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.2% 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 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 87.5 Write 60.6 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 85.8 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 88 88 86 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 84.5 Write 85.4 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 86.3 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% 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)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.3% 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