Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 01:37
Run Duration	406 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 237 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 657 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (90 fps cap detected)	72% Very good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 90 Parallax 90 71% 89.1 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 90 Splatting 90 74% 90 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 51,051 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 757GB free (System drive) Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1351 555 555 549 543 553 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,962 Write 1,981 Mixed 1,747 SusWrite 684 358% 1,594 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 74.7 263% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,018 DQ Write 695 DQ Mixed 907 663% 873 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 300%
WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS 2TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 333 334 331 328 334 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.8% Excellent	Read 351 Write 357 Mixed 301 SusWrite 328 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 42.5 143% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 221 155% 197 MB/s

G-drive USB-C 12TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 9.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 229 230 227 233 231 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 222 Write 232 Mixed 150 SusWrite 230 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 1.6 16% 5.6 MB/s	DQ Read 3.3 DQ Write 6.3 DQ Mixed 6.8 5% 5.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 42%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 573GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 328 329 329 329 327 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 458 Mixed 422 SusWrite 328 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.7 219% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 137%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 160GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 657 657 663 665 664 660 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,337 Write 1,086 Mixed 1100 SusWrite 661 234% 1,046 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 90.9 301% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,140 DQ Write 987 DQ Mixed 1053 792% 1,060 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 410%
G-DRIVE 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2403 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 128 128 128 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 141 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 128 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 82%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% 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	2,692x
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 $90Bench 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: $638

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