Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.
Boot Drive	67.8% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '20 at 10:50
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 177 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 485 53% 422 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 168 Parallax 149 127% 158 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 186 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

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: 150 142 149 147 152 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 345 Write 169 Mixed 211 SusWrite 149 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 30 116% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 142 125% 188 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 89%
Toshiba MK6475GSX 640GB-$66 9,402 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 596GB free Firmware: GT001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 92 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 90 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 92.3 52% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 45%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 7GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 65 67 67 68 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 67 Write 61.5 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 66.7 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 53%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7TB free Firmware: AR13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 181 184 192 190 192 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 (94^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 113 Write 120 Mixed 56 SusWrite 117 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 165 172 172 173 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% 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 (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 77%

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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	2,675x
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	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	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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