Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% 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	82% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 21:40
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 680 75% 593 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 112 Parallax 107 82% 106 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 101 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 233 264 227 268 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 370 Write 341 Mixed 245 SusWrite 248 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 42.6 131% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 214 167% 230 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 106%
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 19GB free Firmware: M206 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 373 Write 323 Mixed 303 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 37.5 160% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 108 141% 254 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 16GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 508 Write 398 Mixed 433 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 62.6 224% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 238 213% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-551 120GB 412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 89GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 311 315 318 318 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 316 Mixed 309 SusWrite 315 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 45.4 173% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 187 168% 253 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 185GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 91 92 90 91 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 170 Write 111 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 89.4 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 759GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 104 105 105 106 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 69.5 Write 52.5 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 103 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 54% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 84%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 91GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 104 104 104 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 114 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 104 70% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-8GTX 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2133, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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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	2,701x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	527x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

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	102x

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Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16