Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.8%, 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	269% 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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '21 at 22:54
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 233 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 671 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 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 180 Reflection 197 Parallax 190 146% 189 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% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 871 865 878 863 679 826 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,536 Write 2,309 Mixed 1854 SusWrite 830 421% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 90.1 294% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 644 459% 586 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 107GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 300 109 102 100 140 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.9% Average	Read 191 Write 104 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 159 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 19.3 72% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 38.1 DQ Mixed 36 27% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 470 479 478 480 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 486 Mixed 396 SusWrite 469 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 59.5 195% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 345 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 88GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 166 68 67 67 66 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 466 Write 287 Mixed 352 SusWrite 136 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 32.1 134% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 169 155% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 165GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 103 104 104 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 167 Write 139 Mixed 106 SusWrite 103 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 164GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 60.4 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 64.1 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 86 86 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 84.8 Write 83.7 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 85.1 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 73 74 75 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 74.9 Write 76 Mixed 56 SusWrite 76 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.4% 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)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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	2,696x
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	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16