Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '23 at 14:24
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 228 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 612 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 130 Parallax 117 93% 120 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 127 Splatting 113 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,808 Write 3,936 Mixed 4,727 1,140% 5,157 MB/s	4K Read 510 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 178 1,068% 271 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 442 DQ Mixed 545 466% 704 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung MZ7LN512HMJP-000L7 512GB 1,627 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 170GB free Firmware: MAV01L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 470 470 460 467 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 472 Mixed 393 SusWrite 468 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 56 183% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 132%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 140GB free Firmware: CP100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 74 75 76 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 69.7 Write 79.8 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 75.3 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 43%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 297GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 84 85 84 84 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 63.5 Write 71.5 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 82.8 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 63%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 278GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 70 71 68 72 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 52 Write 65.3 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 70.6 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 2720 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	144	31.5"	1280 720	SAM0F55 C32JG5x

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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	2,695x
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	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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