Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '19 at 19:25
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 100 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 711 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 114 68% 85.2 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 75.1 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 128GB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 250 239 228 229 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 479 Write 265 Mixed 200 SusWrite 238 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 32.6 139% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 121 127% 211 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 294GB free Firmware: CS221016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 491 488 492 493 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 500 Mixed 372 SusWrite 477 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.6 163% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 192 191% 305 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 1866 CL10 Series 2x4GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1848 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 23.2 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 33.3 120% 33.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

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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	2,674x
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	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	173x
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	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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