Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '22 at 03:07
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 215 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 638 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 78.7 61% 81.4 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 70.9 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 677 682 734 796 875 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 986 Write 868 Mixed 462 SusWrite 710 169% 756 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 48.6 161% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 444 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 315 281% 420 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 332%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 115 116 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 114 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 101 95 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 83.9 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 98.5 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 72%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,732 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	101x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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