Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	136% 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 15:22
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 243 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 685 65% 541 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 115 91% 115 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 83.9 77% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 159 148 147 144 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 617 Mixed 398 SusWrite 206 109% 491 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 50.1 206% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 691 522% 704 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 299 296 265 245 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 490 Mixed 422 SusWrite 289 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.2 229% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 355GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 146 145 147 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 141 Mixed 80 SusWrite 145 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 114%
Intenso Rainbow Line 64GB 213 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 28GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	2.28% Terrible	Read 6.5 Write 2.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.4 6% 4.57 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.28% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,674x
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	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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