Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 21:40
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 451 57% 434 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS-512 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 7% XFX(1682 2332) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 3.7 8% 8.33 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 3.9 5% 6.67 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,023 Write 5,522 Mixed 5,748 1,287% 5,764 MB/s	4K Read 518 4K Write 338 4K Mixed 352 1,415% 403 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 825 DQ Mixed 860 664% 912 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 187 185 187 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 182 Mixed 99.6 SusWrite 186 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,708x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	314x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	528x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	185x
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: 63% - Good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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