Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	150% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '20 at 12:48
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 200 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 535 57% 453 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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. 20.19.15.5144 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 139 Parallax 129 108% 134 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 290 272 254 251 253 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,323 Write 827 Mixed 745 SusWrite 282 176% 794 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 52.1 190% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 410 322% 458 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 241%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 150GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 221 254 207 200 239 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 346 Write 334 Mixed 308 SusWrite 223 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 48.3 158% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 186 154% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 126%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 328GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 530 344 93 91 89 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 669 Write 593 Mixed 545 SusWrite 207 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.7 219% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 630 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 464 381% 544 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 255%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 345GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 86 87 87 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 87.4 Write 47.9 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 85.1 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 105 105 108 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 105 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 106 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 373GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 77 79 81 80 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 77.3 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 647GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 168 169 170 171 170 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 121 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 169 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 82%

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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	2,669x
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	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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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