Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.1% 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)
Boot Drive	139% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 04:03
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

Watch Gameplay: 480 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 689 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 86.4 60% 76.1 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 56.7 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 152 149 149 147 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 754 Write 577 Mixed 407 SusWrite 202 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.1 216% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 589 461% 641 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 758GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 123 124 125 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 124 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 75GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 44 46 47 47 47 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 45.9 Write 41.9 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 44.4 30% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 205GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 189 190 190 191 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 149 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 188 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 15GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 36 37 39 40 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 35.9 Write 11.9 Mixed 22 SusWrite 35.2 34% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 6.9 542% 7.9 MB/s	DQ Read 9.6 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 7.8 556% 8.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 71%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,732 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,668x
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	253x
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 $129Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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