Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	150% 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	277% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 22:33
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 673 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 219 Reflection 208 Parallax 198 178% 208 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 155 Splatting 136 130% 162 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 762GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1285 937 781 1081 960 960 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,278 Write 2,053 Mixed 1,612 SusWrite 1,000 388% 1,736 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 84.8 285% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 637 525% 760 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 372%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 65GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 128 128 128 128 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 482 Mixed 366 SusWrite 165 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.2 185% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 173 181% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 168GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 124 121 140 117 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 130 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 68GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 115 102 111 110 105 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	60% Good	Read 105 Write 42 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 104 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 75%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 374GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 103 106 107 106 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 104 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 87%
WD WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 6TB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 467GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 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 (63^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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	12	10	144	27"	1280 720	ACI27B1 ROG PG278Q

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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	2,668x
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	253x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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