Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97% 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	134% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 22:27
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 270 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 704 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (119 fps cap detected)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 97% 119 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 119 Splatting 119 98% 119 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 110 92 93 111 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 887 Mixed 400 SusWrite 165 134% 604 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 54.6 202% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 300 290% 452 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 128GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 571 607 604 611 608 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 648 Mixed 653 SusWrite 594 148% 657 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 81.2 266% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,062 705% 841 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 372%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 118 119 119 117 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 158 Write 144 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 118 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 18.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 71%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,733 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,669x
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 $133	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