Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	27.8 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 14 '21 at 22:15
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 693 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% 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 (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 198 Parallax 192 154% 193 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 194 Splatting 132 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% 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% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 738 870 875 881 872 846 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,532 Write 2,296 Mixed 1,852 SusWrite 847 421% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 69.6 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 91.2 300% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 867 DQ Write 566 DQ Mixed 697 525% 710 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: 181 243 98 102 100 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 298 Write 121 Mixed 225 SusWrite 138 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 36.4 129% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 172 137% 189 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 165GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 458 466 468 468 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 482 Mixed 401 SusWrite 460 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 58.4 191% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 91GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 171 66 67 67 66 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 474 Write 350 Mixed 347 SusWrite 136 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 31 132% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 171 156% 234 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 171GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 173 Write 167 Mixed 103 SusWrite 103 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 258GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 75 76 75 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 90.4 Write 86.5 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 74.9 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 86 86 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 86.7 Write 84.5 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 85 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 142GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 87 87 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 86.2 Write 84.7 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 85.8 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% 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)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.9% 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	2,692x
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	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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