Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	271% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '22 at 14:05
Run Duration	314 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 638 59% 491 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% 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: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 198 Parallax 209 153% 198 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 194 Splatting 131 125% 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% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 845 870 880 879 871 578 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2530 Write 2,315 Mixed 1,680 SusWrite 820 410% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 88.3 290% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 799 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 646 485% 655 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 80GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 235 98 102 100 187 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.1% Good	Read 228 Write 110 Mixed 193 SusWrite 153 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 36.6 132% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 172 137% 189 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 130GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 461 472 472 471 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 483 Mixed 405 SusWrite 465 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 58.7 193% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 96GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 172 67 67 66 68 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 482 Write 381 Mixed 355 SusWrite 137 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 31.3 132% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 171 156% 234 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 103 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 153 Write 121 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 103 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 164GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 66.5 Mixed 43.4 SusWrite 64.4 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 174GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 91 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 94 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 90.7 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 171GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 85 86 90 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 65.3 Write 73.1 Mixed 59 SusWrite 86.2 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 73%
Toshiba MQ01ACF032 320GB-$22 3,858 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 84GB free Firmware: AV00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 40 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 40.6 28% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 23.4% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 23.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% 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