Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	172% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '19 at 22:59
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 673 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 58.3 48% 61.3 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 53.6 49% 61 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 500 511 528 506 498 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 703 Write 596 Mixed 606 SusWrite 506 135% 603 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 76.9 260% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,002 677% 821 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 340%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 35GB free Firmware: 5.0.7c SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 79 78 84 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 412 Write 83 Mixed 135 SusWrite 80.7 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 34.9 128% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 88.9 68% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 62%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 112GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 245 254 235 251 248 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 355 Mixed 266 SusWrite 246 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 34.5 138% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 65.7 128% 257 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 104%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 265GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 66 65 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 65.5 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 65.2 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 44%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 233GB free Firmware: FBEOC40C SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 62 61 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 60 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 61.4 39% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 731GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 80 83 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 81.5 Write 77.8 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 80.7 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 213 214 216 215 216 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
WD 2500BEV External 250GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 128GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 37 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 41.5 49% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 74%

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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	2,689x
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	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16