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 (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	264% 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 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '22 at 15:37
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^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)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 670 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% 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 (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 197 Parallax 192 149% 190 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 190 Splatting 133 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% 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% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 776 863 867 863 858 841 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,408 Write 2131 Mixed 1,736 SusWrite 845 398% 1,780 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 84.5 276% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 807 DQ Write 535 DQ Mixed 648 490% 663 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 340%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 80GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 244 100 101 99 173 MB/s Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	69.6% Good	Read 268 Write 112 Mixed 203 SusWrite 150 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 36.5 132% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 171 138% 191 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 130GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 479 480 479 482 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 479 Mixed 392 SusWrite 479 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 59.2 195% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 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: 388 168 68 67 67 69 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 479 Write 276 Mixed 345 SusWrite 138 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 31.9 133% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 171 156% 235 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 104 104 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 118 Write 136 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 103 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 164GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 60.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 64.1 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 174GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 90.2 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 90.7 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AUDX-63WNHY0 500GB 3,993 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 166GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 90 89 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 88 Write 91.5 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 88.2 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 73%
Toshiba MQ01ACF032 320GB-$22 3,858 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 84GB free Firmware: AV00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 39.9 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 40.3 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 23% 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 (94^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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