Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.1% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150625
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '16 at 03:12
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 624 65% 523 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 19.3 17% 21.2 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 26.9 21% 25.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 98.6 Write 127 Mixed 100 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 8.36 4K Mixed 0.57 7% 3.36 MB/s	DQ Read 2.99 DQ Write 7.84 DQ Mixed 0.65 2% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 18%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17813 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 208 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 80734961542	93.1% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 344 Mixed 352 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 27.4 134% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 97.7 121% 215 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 126%
Corsair Voyager SliderX2 16GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 12GB free, PID 1a16, Corsair Voyager Slider X2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 193 Write 37.2 Mixed 31.2 79% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.35 63% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA - $284

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	502x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	36x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	61x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	29x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	23x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	23x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $922

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16