Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VII HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 01 '18 at 01:44
Run Duration183 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing as expected (50th 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
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 92
1-Core 116
2-Core 229
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 582
64% 505 Pts
64-Core 633
39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2730 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 194
Parallax 173
109% 167 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 166
Splatting 105
106% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 106%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 419
Write 398
Mixed 356
87% 391 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 51.5
191% 69 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 235
208% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41
34GB free
Firmware: SM15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 99 99 100 100 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
47.6% Average
Read 64.8
Write 68.5
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 99.5
46% 63.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.8
218% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 47.6%
Great: 65%
WDC WD1200VE-00KWT0 120GB
101GB free, PID 008d
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
18.3% Very poor
Read 37
Write 37.5
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 37.9
46% 34.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 18.3%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
33.4% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 10.9
MC Mixed 9.4
30% 10.5 GB/s
SC Read 9.8
SC Write 11.7
SC Mixed 10.4
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 64
62% 64 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 33.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,763 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: 62% - Good Total price: $642
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