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 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 85.8%, 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	263% 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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 16:39
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 659 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% 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: 497.09 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 197 Parallax 207 147% 195 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 124% 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% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 766 871 873 879 876 855 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,515 Write 2,330 Mixed 1,828 SusWrite 853 421% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 89.7 295% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 237 228% 351 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 107GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 241 101 100 99 100 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 366 Write 228 Mixed 289 SusWrite 162 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 36.4 136% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 170 137% 190 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 439 472 473 473 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 406 SusWrite 453 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 59.6 195% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 178 185% 302 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 88GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 197 66 68 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 468 Write 350 Mixed 351 SusWrite 135 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 32 134% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 169 155% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 103 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 164GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 60 65 64 65 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 63.8 Mixed 40 SusWrite 63.5 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 86 86 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 84.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 85.3 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 79 83 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 82.2 Write 77.1 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 80.5 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.8% 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)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.7% 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	2,668x
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 $160Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $708

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 $46

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