Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	78% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141111
Uptime	43.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 23:12
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 218 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 543 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.7% 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 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.7 92% 108 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 252 253 253 273 264 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 334 Write 243 Mixed 225 SusWrite 252 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 34.2 125% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 225 172% 235 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 119%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 81GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 254 295 146 151 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 550 Write 476 Mixed 305 SusWrite 224 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 41 158% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 530 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 446 347% 478 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 155%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 134 133 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 133 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 913GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 100 101 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 75 SusWrite 101 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 84%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 624GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 128 144 128 143 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 184 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 137 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 222% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 174 184 180 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 220 Mixed 108 SusWrite 181 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 361% 3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

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 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 88%

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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	2,671x
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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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