Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141001
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 06 '21 at 23:11
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU 15%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 109
2-Core 242
83% 148 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 605
64% 510 Pts
64-Core 672
42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 139
Parallax 130
107% 134 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 137
Splatting 116
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X212T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 271 329 331 299 342 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
69.8% Good
Read 237
Write 420
Mixed 162
SusWrite 292
63% 278 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 51.4
4K Mixed 19.9
99% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 359
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 106
131% 234 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 114%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178
3.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 166 171 172 171 171 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 159
Mixed 104
SusWrite 164
113% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 101%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
56.3% Above average
MC Read 20.6
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 15.7
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 18.6
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 59.7
67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 56.3%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,732 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $657
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