Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.1% 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)
Boot Drive	172% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '19 at 22:44
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 448 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 61.5 53% 65.3 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 56 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 570 553 538 534 536 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 527 Mixed 556 SusWrite 551 128% 571 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 83.1 256% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 625 DQ Mixed 1138 733% 848 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 355%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 37GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 103 67 59 48 51 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 444 Mixed 361 SusWrite 111 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.3 184% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 238 213% 322 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 118%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 282GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 114 114 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 113 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 77%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 32GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 140 Write 88.2 Mixed 104 134% 111 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 2.7 194% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 40%

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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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
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 $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	183x
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 $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16