Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.2% 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	125% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 21:15
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 275 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 696 77% 607 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1638 MHz, MLim: 2065 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 85.2 79% 92.6 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 76 68% 84.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$46 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 287 285 284 282 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 490 Mixed 459 SusWrite 302 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 66.2 224% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 396 420 421 411 403 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 485 Mixed 405 SusWrite 419 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.1 209% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 252 220% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 211GB free Firmware: HP23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 81 85 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 84.7 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.4 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 86%

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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	2,668x
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 $129Bench 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 $46

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