Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	295% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 16:06
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 696 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$488 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (143 fps cap detected)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 143 Parallax 143 116% 143 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 143 Splatting 133 114% 140 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$91 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 777GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1383 949 944 945 955 957 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2390 Write 2,113 Mixed 1,646 SusWrite 1022 401% 1,793 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 91.2 306% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 798 DQ Mixed 639 560% 843 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 372%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 65GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 128 128 128 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 359 Mixed 384 SusWrite 164 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54 194% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 174 182% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 179GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 117 99 103 110 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 126 Write 97.6 Mixed 94 SusWrite 111 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 68GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 87 99 95 91 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 23.6 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 91 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 75%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 374GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 105 103 106 107 106 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 104 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 87%
WD WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 6TB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 467GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 93 92 93 92 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608DT2TXOB 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT2TXRG 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT2TXOB 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT2TXRG 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	9	144	27"	1280 720	ACI27B1 ROG PG278Q

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16