Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


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 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	262% 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '22 at 14:47
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 672 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 197 Parallax 209 153% 198 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 193 Splatting 132 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% 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% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 886 862 871 860 846 859 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,494 Write 2,275 Mixed 1,839 SusWrite 864 418% 1,868 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 87.8 287% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 636 428% 510 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 80GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 235 100 102 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	77% Very good	Read 370 Write 350 Mixed 306 SusWrite 162 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 37.4 140% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 180 144% 201 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 127GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 450 477 477 475 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 480 Mixed 400 SusWrite 460 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 59.4 195% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 166 178% 297 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: 362 183 66 68 67 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 500 Write 409 Mixed 353 SusWrite 135 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 32 133% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 170 156% 234 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 159 Write 121 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 104 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 164GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 65 64 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 62.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 64.1 42% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.7% 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% Average	Read 84.5 Write 65 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 85.7 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 189GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 90 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 71.9 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 88.4 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 73%
Toshiba MQ01ACF032 320GB-$22 3,858 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 84GB free Firmware: AV00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 40.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 40.2 28% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 23.2% 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)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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 $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