Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.8% 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	77.8% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '22 at 02:20
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (46^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, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 603 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 93.7 78% 98.6 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 86.4 74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 249 235 235 234 232 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 366 Write 292 Mixed 253 SusWrite 243 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 33.2 126% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 210 159% 214 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 133%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID 0059 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	9.11% Terrible	Read 24.1 Write 12.7 Mixed 7 SusWrite 18.3 19% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.11% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 2x8GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,675x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
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	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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