Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '20 at 19:56
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 386 44% 346 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 67 61% 73.4 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 74.5 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 12,045 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s16 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 438 498 497 369 407 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 645 Write 381 Mixed 507 SusWrite 423 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 41.5 154% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 611 396% 458 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 278%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 906GB free Firmware: AX1R2C SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 109 109 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 108 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 60GB free Firmware: GM2OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 68 68 69 67 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 73 Write 75 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 67.9 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 50%
Seagate ST9320328CS 320GB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 293GB free Firmware: SC16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 65 64 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 57.2 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 64.3 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 39%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 5GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 66 70 60 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 36.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 64.7 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 59%
Toshiba MK1646GSX 160GB-$35 767 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 95GB free Firmware: LB113M SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 30 29 29 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 27 Write 25.2 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 29.3 19% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 61%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII HERO Builds (Compare 3,768 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	2,699x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	527x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	257x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16