Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 16:49
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 241 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 694 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 80.2 80% 90.7 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 83.4 Splatting 74.6 62% 74.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 441GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 264 256 268 248 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 421 Mixed 390 SusWrite 256 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 46.2 144% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 336 252% 336 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 257 250 260 245 246 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 376 Mixed 311 SusWrite 251 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 44.9 150% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 299 230% 314 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 450GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 258 253 256 245 248 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.9% Above average	Read 55.5 Write 51.3 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 251 23% 101 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 34.6 81% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 38.4 94% 199 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 124%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$90 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 162 166 148 168 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 64 Write 167 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 161 72% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.1 69% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 108%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$90 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 954GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 157 177 157 176 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 158 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 166 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 108%
WD WD1004FBYZ-01YCBB1 1TB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 931GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 169 166 162 175 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 162 Mixed 77 SusWrite 169 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 609 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 71%

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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	2,669x
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 $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