Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 184% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 151% 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	212% 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	112% 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '23 at 13:50
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	44%

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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 655 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$630 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Nvidia(10DE 1535) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	212% Outstanding	Lighting 313 Reflection 291 Parallax 362 255% 322 fps	MRender 354 Gravity 260 Splatting 194 212% 269 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 249 259 252 243 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 717 Write 427 Mixed 474 SusWrite 253 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 46.1 162% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 555 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 285 240% 359 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 220%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 960GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 141 139 143 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 96.1 Write 94.3 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 140 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 214GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 55 57 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 90.3 Write 72.9 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 55.1 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 76GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 68 68 69 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 101 Write 75.2 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 68.8 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 62%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 465GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 112 117 115 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 156 Write 160 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 114 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 71%

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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	2,669x
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	254x
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 $130Bench 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 $182	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) $30	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