Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.5% 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)
Boot Drive	124% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '22 at 23:51
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 654 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 37.5 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 43.9 31% 39.9 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 27.1 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 242 245 256 104 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,039 Write 474 Mixed 480 SusWrite 188 120% 545 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 52 173% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 349 271% 376 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 382%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 142 146 146 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 140 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 144 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.4 254% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 123%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 143 140 144 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 165 Write 126 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 142 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 123%
H/W RAID1 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3TB free Firmware: 0210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 221 220 223 221 222 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	128% Outstanding	Read 226 Write 221 Mixed 106 SusWrite 220 141% 193 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 2.2 415% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 84%

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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	2,681x
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 $94Bench 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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16