Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 07:47
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 610 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 870F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 167 Parallax 175 144% 173 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 156 Splatting 107 120% 153 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 238GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 228 234 233 226 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 293 Write 345 Mixed 253 SusWrite 233 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 28 121% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 224 172% 234 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 119%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 736GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 115 124 128 143 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 161 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 126 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 432% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 180 175 169 170 172 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 135 Write 166 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 171 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 106%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 892GB free Firmware: 0634 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.7 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 41.8 29% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 87%

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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