Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	187% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '22 at 18:11
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 below expectations (15^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 202 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 510 54% 429 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Asus(1043 8802) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	187% Outstanding	Lighting 270 Reflection 255 Parallax 305 220% 277 fps	MRender 303 Gravity 229 Splatting 177 187% 236 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 212 253 259 252 260 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 455 Write 401 Mixed 330 SusWrite 239 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 28.6 100% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 154 132% 204 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 145GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 216 255 260 252 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 457 Write 397 Mixed 388 SusWrite 241 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 35.1 115% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 126 118% 192 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 128GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 217 255 260 252 260 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 444 Write 388 Mixed 302 SusWrite 240 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 27.8 96% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 116 112% 186 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$199 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 216 254 257 250 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 447 Write 302 Mixed 362 SusWrite 239 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 28.1 96% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 111 110% 186 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 314GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 86 90 89 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 98.4 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 89.5 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 897GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 37 39 38 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 37.1 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 37 49% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 96% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 119%

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Gaming 42%

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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	2,693x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16