Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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	132% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '22 at 14:51
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 239 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 671 68% 551 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 GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 199 Parallax 208 148% 196 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 189 Splatting 130 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% 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% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 743 858 879 866 862 842 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,524 Write 2313 Mixed 1,823 SusWrite 842 419% 1,875 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 88.4 286% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 814 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 311 329% 550 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: 182 295 129 102 100 99 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 368 Write 180 Mixed 291 SusWrite 151 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 36.5 136% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 172 138% 190 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 454 467 467 467 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 483 Mixed 403 SusWrite 457 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 59.7 194% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 202 196% 310 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: 377 171 66 66 66 68 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 473 Write 270 Mixed 327 SusWrite 136 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 32.1 133% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 170 155% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 180 Write 134 Mixed 104 SusWrite 103 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 164GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 61 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 62.4 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 64.1 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 86 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 86.2 Write 82.6 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 85.4 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 88 89 90 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 87 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 88.7 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 73%
Toshiba MQ01ACF032 320GB-$22 3,858 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 84GB free Firmware: AV00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.7 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 40.9 28% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 67%

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)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 82%

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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	2,675x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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