Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% 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	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 02:18
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 241 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 665 62% 517 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 4325 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 191 Parallax 217 154% 199 fps	MRender 230 Gravity 169 Splatting 119 135% 172 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 164 172 73 86 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 543 Write 505 Mixed 398 SusWrite 150 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 13.4 99% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 436 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 75.8 129% 255 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 159%
ST31000333AS 1TB 122GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 397 408 441 439 391 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 467 Write 471 Mixed 357 SusWrite 407 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 46.7 158% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 297 234% 323 MB/s

WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 116GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 62 61 60 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 91.8 Write 80.3 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 61 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 83%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 122GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 142 144 140 144 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 105 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 142 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 99%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 130 131 136 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 132 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,688x
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	254x
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 $140Bench 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 $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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16