Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '24 at 02:17
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 663 73% 574 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.03% Terrible	Lighting 2.9 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 6.9 2% 3.83 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.03% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 440 434 433 432 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 470 Mixed 449 SusWrite 437 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 58.8 189% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 229 198% 291 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 128%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$120 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 889GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 119 118 117 117 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 93.5 Write 86.2 Mixed 59 SusWrite 116 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$79 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 178 168 173 169 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 101 Write 131 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 170 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.9 264% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 90%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 102GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 98 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 214 Write 5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 90.2 77% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 138% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

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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	39	19	75	27"	1920 1080	ACR0560 GF276

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,723x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	316x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	530x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	258x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	128x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	185x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $252	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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