Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 43%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '22 at 20:04
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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)	43% Average	Memory 50.8 1-Core 61.3 2-Core 177 51% 96.5 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 283 29% 236 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 70.8 62% 74.3 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 69.7 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 354 Write 369 Mixed 272 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 17.2 65% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 176 141% 202 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 701GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 103 135 153 157 156 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 139 Write 120 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 141 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 108%
SABRENT DISK01 1TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 64GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 20 3.2 2.1 20 17 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 211 Write 74.5 Mixed 17 SusWrite 15 78% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 6.2 493% 7.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 214%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.1 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 38%

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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	2,674x
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 $90Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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