Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.7% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 02:10
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 618 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2989) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Lighting 88 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 80.4 72% 86.3 fps	MRender 83.9 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 71.8 64% 78.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6204 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (AB) Unknown 100 100 160794960 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 69 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9928 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13578 (F9) Unknown 100 100 389489499	93.7% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 485 Mixed 495 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 19.1 128% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 17.2 64% 131 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 110%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 63GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 658 Write 524 Mixed 599 132% 594 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46.6 165% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 160 148% 214 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 63%

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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