Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	16.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '24 at 17:44
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	49%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 199 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 570 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2548 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 124 93% 119 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 115 Splatting 101 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 365 362 359 394 399 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 402 Write 394 Mixed 370 SusWrite 372 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 32.5 112% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 291 235% 333 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 136%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 111GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 129 119 120 120 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 335 Write 266 Mixed 266 SusWrite 148 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 37.6 125% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 139 129% 200 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 108%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 40GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 292 277 238 224 216 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 465 Write 424 Mixed 256 SusWrite 264 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 30.1 109% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 165 168% 275 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 88GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 22 29 23 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 57.2 Write 29.6 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 25.8 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 64%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 4: 0P 0R 1G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
4%	20%	10	211	58	60	34.1"	1280 720	AOC3477 U3477

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,756 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,689x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16