Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	272% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 18:06
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 668 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 197 Parallax 190 147% 189 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 188 Splatting 130 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% 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% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 831 880 875 864 858 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,507 Write 2,310 Mixed 1,814 SusWrite 834 417% 1,866 MB/s	4K Read 68.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 89.4 291% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 804 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 651 489% 660 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 107GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 238 100 100 100 102 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 371 Write 352 Mixed 309 SusWrite 161 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 38.1 140% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 180 143% 198 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 436 473 473 473 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 401 SusWrite 453 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 59.3 192% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 88GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 201 67 66 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 485 Write 415 Mixed 347 SusWrite 136 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 32 133% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 169 155% 234 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 140 Write 150 Mixed 70 SusWrite 103 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 164GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 64 65 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 57.2 Mixed 43 SusWrite 63.9 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 85.2 Write 65.2 Mixed 60 SusWrite 85.6 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 74 73 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 83.7 Write 88.1 Mixed 54 SusWrite 73.5 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.2% 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 @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.1% 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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

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	101x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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