Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 12:40
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 188 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 508 51% 417 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 128GB 740 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 41 44 53 55 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 353 Write 194 Mixed 219 SusWrite 54.5 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 27.7 65% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 95.3 94% 153 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 131%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 30GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 698 Write 559 Mixed 466 128% 574 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 45.8 149% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 363 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 157% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: CC97 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 129 125 134 123 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 130 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 148 147 147 149 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 109 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 147 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 66%

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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	2,696x
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	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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