Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 20:46
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 647 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 99 82% 104 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 98 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$70 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 36 31 29 31 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 370 Write 322 Mixed 293 SusWrite 47.4 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 36.9 142% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 33.1 75% 156 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 118%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 33GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 93 96 85 91 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 157 Write 112 Mixed 128 SusWrite 89.1 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 32.8 134% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 32.7 50% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 124 121 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 123 Mixed 69 SusWrite 122 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 640GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 180 176 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 160 Mixed 64 SusWrite 178 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Wl3000gs A6472E 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 169 169 169 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 159 Mixed 109 SusWrite 169 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 96%
WD WD8003FFBX-68B9AN0 8TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 908GB free Firmware: 83.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 128 131 129 125 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 135 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 129 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 2.1 371% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 139%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 302GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 42 39 39 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 11.3 Write 44.8 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 40.2 21% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 255GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 96 94 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 147 Write 101 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 94 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 80%

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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	2,738x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	316x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	533x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	260x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	248x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	200x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	177x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	129x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	186x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353