Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '23 at 02:29
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 222 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 558 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.8% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 76.3 68% 81.5 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 64.2 61% 75.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 121 108 79 96 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 417 Write 142 Mixed 132 SusWrite 106 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 15.2 60% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 28.5 DQ Mixed 46.2 43% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 122%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 808GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 158 169 141 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 116 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 153 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 203GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 124 129 110 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 81.3 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 119 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,736 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
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 $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	183x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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