Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 23:28
Run Duration	365 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 614 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0525) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1395 MHz, MLim: 1804 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 46% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,200 Write 929 Mixed 512 194% 880 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 47 196% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 665 DQ Write 563 DQ Mixed 521 416% 583 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 74GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 147 146 146 143 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 412 Write 139 Mixed 192 SusWrite 137 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 33 140% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 142 113% 160 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 80%
Corsair Force GS 360GB-$294 529 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 199GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 230 231 227 224 219 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 308 Write 246 Mixed 234 SusWrite 224 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 23 77% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 115 94% 137 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 65%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 202GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 138 107 106 105 105 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 131 132 132 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 40.4 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 127 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 126 124 124 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 100 SusWrite 122 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 219GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 44.6 Write 34.2 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 41.7 29% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 66%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 609GB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 31 15 10 8.7 6.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 0.7 Write 52 SusWrite 18.7 17% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 26.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $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	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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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 $40	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