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 (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	105% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 13:00
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 674 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 83F8) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.98 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 106 95 89 89 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 489 Mixed 382 SusWrite 129 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 57.6 196% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 234 210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%
Toshiba MK3252GSX 320GB-$70 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 8GB free Firmware: LV011C SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 36.6 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 39 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 34%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 57GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 96 97 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 70.9 Write 44.2 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 95.3 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 80GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 65 65 64 65 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 81.4 Write 44.2 Mixed 44 SusWrite 64.3 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 822GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 160 173 165 150 174 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 126 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 161 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 192 193 191 192 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 122 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 189 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 193GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 159 161 160 160 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 87 SusWrite 160 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%
Seagate M3 2TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 200GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 92 99 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 77.6 Write 113 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 95.9 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 67%
Hitachi HCC545025B9A300 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 115GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.5% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 40.7 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 41.9 52% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 18%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 235GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 99.5 Write 65.2 Mixed 57 SusWrite 97.8 105% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 87%

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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	2,684x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16