Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '18 at 21:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 452 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.8% Poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 19.6 Parallax 27.1 20% 23.6 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 36.4 Splatting 30.8 26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 515 Write 353 Mixed 279 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 50.6 204% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 50.3 119% 249 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 146GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 123 126 126 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 126 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 641GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 85 67 97 80 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 103 Write 78.8 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 91.4 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1110 749GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 117GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 27 27 26 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.5 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 26.2 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 46% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 83%

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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	2,692x
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	255x
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 $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

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16