Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 22:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 577 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 78.3 64% 79.6 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 66 58% 72.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 323 221 206 196 194 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 404 Mixed 310 SusWrite 260 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 54.8 170% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 315GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 76 77 76 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 95 Write 87 Mixed 63 SusWrite 75.2 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 83%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 8GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 85 82 79 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 82 Write 83.8 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 82.2 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 75%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 11GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 126 123 122 116 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 62.5 Write 101 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 115 56% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 376% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 86%

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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	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
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 $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	183x
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 $273	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 $45	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