Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 16:04
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 664 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 197 Parallax 207 147% 195 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% 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% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 890 873 877 880 881 857 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,521 Write 2,317 Mixed 1,847 SusWrite 876 423% 1,890 MB/s	4K Read 68.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 91.5 297% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 867 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 97.5 230% 490 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: 335 235 99 102 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 372 Write 351 Mixed 310 SusWrite 162 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 38 143% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 181 144% 201 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 165GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 447 476 475 476 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 480 Mixed 408 SusWrite 459 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 61 200% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 178 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 91GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 185 66 68 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 506 Write 413 Mixed 354 SusWrite 136 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 31.7 137% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 170 155% 234 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 171GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 114 114 115 113 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 74.8 Write 72.4 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 113 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 258GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 76 78 76 77 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 92.7 Write 93.7 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 76.2 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.5% 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 (64^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 85.2 Write 58.1 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 85.8 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 146GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 85 86 87 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 80.5 Write 71.4 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 85.1 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 82%

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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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	183x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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