Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	113% 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	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 15:39
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 127 2-Core 233 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 654 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 441.87 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 192 Parallax 196 138% 186 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 186 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 412 419 415 394 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 468 Mixed 352 SusWrite 404 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 48.4 168% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 354 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 92GB free Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 130 76 112 135 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 366 Write 107 Mixed 152 SusWrite 113 40% 185 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 36 130% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 75.5 DQ Mixed 120 96% 138 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 170GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 140 141 142 142 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 148 Mixed 86 SusWrite 141 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 134GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 87.7 Mixed 60 SusWrite 95.7 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 98%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 175 177 172 177 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 167 Write 151 Mixed 129 SusWrite 178 212% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 98%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 550GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 99 99 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 96.5 Write 98.7 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 99 126% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 79%

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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	2,671x
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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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