Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	276% 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	28.8 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 11 '21 at 23:59
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 692 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 197 Parallax 206 147% 195 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 188 Splatting 132 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% 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% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 869 879 872 862 860 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,525 Write 2266 Mixed 1,827 SusWrite 862 418% 1,870 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 89.2 289% 98.7 MB/s	DQ Read 865 DQ Write 556 DQ Mixed 331 349% 584 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 45GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 234 100 101 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 365 Write 251 Mixed 290 SusWrite 162 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 36.7 137% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 171 137% 191 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 166GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 449 473 473 473 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 480 Mixed 409 SusWrite 459 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 60.2 196% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 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: 365 179 68 66 68 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 485 Write 334 Mixed 349 SusWrite 135 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 31.9 135% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 169 156% 235 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 171GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 113 113 114 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 70.6 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 113 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 258GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 76 76 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 86 Write 89.3 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 75.5 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 85 86 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 87.2 Write 88.2 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 85.3 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 144GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	49% Average	Read 84.2 Write 78.8 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 86 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49% 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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.3% 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	2,669x
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