Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	90.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 13:35
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 686 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1542 MHz, MLim: 1829 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 122 Parallax 116 91% 117 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 87 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 158 201 221 233 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 199 Mixed 291 SusWrite 198 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 50.2 167% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 226 166% 217 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 93%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 24GB free Firmware: 5.81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 178 217 223 234 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 277 Mixed 320 SusWrite 213 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.8 169% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 238 179% 240 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 93%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free Firmware: 60AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 82 82 89 100 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 165 Write 122 Mixed 129 SusWrite 85.8 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 28.8 113% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 107 83% 113 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 73%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 43GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 426 414 425 422 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 418 Mixed 294 SusWrite 402 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 40.9 145% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 168 177% 293 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 135 138 138 137 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 125 Write 132 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 135 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 993 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 79%

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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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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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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