Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	176% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 14:24
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 759 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 135 Parallax 138 119% 140 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 137 Splatting 112 116% 147 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 558 697 712 712 712 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 694 Mixed 687 SusWrite 646 154% 683 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 69.9 240% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 734 DQ Mixed 1,072 718% 861 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 284%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 123GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 282 305 307 311 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 478 Mixed 328 SusWrite 290 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 47.6 182% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 151 165% 279 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 606GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 158 174 170 163 174 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 77.2 Write 82.2 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 168 61% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 870GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 181 184 183 183 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 120 Mixed 87 SusWrite 180 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%

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Gaming 42%

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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	2,691x
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 $90Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16