Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '21 at 14:11
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 698 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2585 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 186 Parallax 182 128% 175 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 158 Splatting 127 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 743 Write 611 Mixed 540 140% 631 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.4 204% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 61.5 147% 307 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 10GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 506 Write 483 Mixed 410 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 65 217% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 68.6 59% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Corsair MP400 2TB 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 270% 2TB free Firmware: ECFM53.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2024 2162 2163 2154 2149 2159 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,368 Write 2,311 Mixed 1,504 SusWrite 2,135 416% 1,830 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 78 254% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 58.4 DQ Write 671 DQ Mixed 716 450% 482 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 382%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 421GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 114 124 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 100 Write 147 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 120 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 289% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 119 121 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 104 Write 94.1 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 118 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $140Bench 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