Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	78.6% 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	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150224
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '20 at 20:12
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Memory 47.1 1-Core 54.3 2-Core 123 42% 74.8 Pts	4-Core 110 8-Core 528 33% 319 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 51.4 Parallax 113 73% 84.7 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 138 Splatting 92.2 90% 111 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 127 113 124 122 175 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29% Poor	Read 257 Write 200 Mixed 228 SusWrite 142 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 7.2 34% 9.37 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 116GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 95 90 96 98 134 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.7% Poor	Read 266 Write 189 Mixed 228 SusWrite 110 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 7.9 30% 8.63 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 829GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 94 85 93 96 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 194 Write 156 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 106 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 5.7 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 60%

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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	2,669x
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	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	182x
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 $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