Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.2% 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 (15%). 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	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '20 at 20:19
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 195 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 583 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 99 Reflection 97.5 Parallax 83.1 81% 93.2 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.2 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 156 153 155 152 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 316 Write 182 Mixed 207 SusWrite 158 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 32.1 116% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 141 122% 183 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 89%
Toshiba MK6475GSX 640GB-$66 9,402 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 596GB free Firmware: GT001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 91.7 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 92.2 52% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 45%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 7GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 66 65 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 57 Mixed 35 SusWrite 66.4 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 53%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7TB free Firmware: AR13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 185 190 191 191 190 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDE721075SLA330 750GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 698GB free Firmware: ST4OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 117 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 158 168 179 188 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 109 Write 139 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 172 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 213% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-8GSR 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 0420 F3-2133C10-8GSR 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 77%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,702x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	527x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16