Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 685 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) CLim: 1077 MHz, MLim: 1541 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 56.3 Parallax 58 38% 53.5 fps	MRender 53 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 40.3 36% 44.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 422 419 445 447 438 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 414 Mixed 228 SusWrite 430 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 36.1 149% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 130 134% 221 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 763GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 169 168 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 162 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 169 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 76%

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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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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
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	172x
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	101x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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