Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 14:06
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 125 2-Core 234 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 580 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 86% 107 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 98.3 77% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 295 284 293 297 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 485 Mixed 415 SusWrite 311 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.7 201% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 460GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 456 463 470 472 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 484 Mixed 388 SusWrite 464 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.9 208% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
USB3.0 1TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 537GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 67 66 68 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 131 SusWrite 67.3 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 102%
USB3.0 1TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 95GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 67 66 68 70 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 85.3 Write 89.3 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 67.3 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.6 170% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 102%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 2GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 4 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.2 7% 5.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,691x
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	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16