Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	119% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '20 at 23:02
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 263 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 689 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 148 78% 110 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 120 86% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 529 487 534 502 536 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 634 Write 518 Mixed 362 SusWrite 520 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 40.9 142% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 405 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 266 237% 356 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%
Intenso Sata III 125GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 35GB free Firmware: N1126K SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 143 143 141 142 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 482 Write 138 Mixed 201 SusWrite 142 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 38.6 140% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 151 113% 155 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 98%
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000F0 256GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 57GB free Firmware: EMT01F0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 228 213 191 185 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 301 Mixed 274 SusWrite 212 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.2 168% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 246 210% 309 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 98%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 521GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 83.5 Write 66.7 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 79.9 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0. 4x4GB 400 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 78%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,705x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	313x
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	184x
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 i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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