Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 724 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4206 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 63.2 55% 67 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 64 Splatting 54.6 51% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 371 Write 355 Mixed 286 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 45 154% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 128 119% 183 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 114GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 132 151 153 151 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 166 Write 136 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 141 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 183GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 76 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 82.8 Write 77.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 74.9 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 27.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 44.7 90% 44.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,732 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	182x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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