Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 18:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 429 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 61.5 56% 66.6 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 55.4 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 367 Write 344 Mixed 262 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 50.2 171% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 143 132% 204 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 84GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 459 456 466 470 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 465 Mixed 344 SusWrite 438 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 41 152% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 182 185% 299 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 193GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 40 40 39 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 77 Write 77 Mixed 49 SusWrite 39.3 45% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 44%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 545GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 97 99 100 98 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 108 Write 94.5 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 97.8 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 65%

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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	2,669x
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 $130Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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