Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '21 at 19:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 699 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5180 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 3 Parallax 7.8 3% 4.97 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.6 5% 6.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 126 25 13 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 371 Write 334 Mixed 302 SusWrite 61.8 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 50.7 165% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 228 170% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 115%
D2CSTK251A10-0120 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 83 93 79 97 97 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.9% Good	Read 185 Write 139 Mixed 146 SusWrite 97.8 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 35.8 150% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 135 102% 137 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 56%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 598GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 167 168 171 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 188 Mixed 110 SusWrite 169 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.8 362% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 117%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 27.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,733 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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