Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	36.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '21 at 16:27
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 582 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 115 Parallax 100 78% 104 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 84.8 75% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 69 48 52 40 47 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 418 Write 263 Mixed 299 SusWrite 79.7 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 36.2 131% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 101 128% 230 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 91%
Corsair Force GS 180GB-$134 623 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 22GB free Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 99 86 87 93 93 MB/s Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72% Very good	Read 187 Write 206 Mixed 196 SusWrite 98.1 39% 172 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.3 156% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 142 133% 209 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 251GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 284 84 84 84 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 365 Write 350 Mixed 314 SusWrite 160 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 44.3 152% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 236 178% 238 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 34: 5R 1G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
34%	16%	74	273	165	60	27"	1920 1080	SAM0D32 C27F390

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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	2,689x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16