Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '18 at 15:34
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 673 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 77.9 66% 81.4 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 70.1 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 70 80 66 81 77 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 162 Write 123 Mixed 149 SusWrite 77.1 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 31 108% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 100 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 166GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 395 412 420 415 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 435 Mixed 372 SusWrite 408 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 55.7 200% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 124GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 295 296 296 296 296 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,062 Write 1,461 Mixed 1,089 SusWrite 471 282% 1,271 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 75.8 243% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 783 DQ Mixed 975 703% 908 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 280%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 596GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 127 128 129 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 133 Mixed 85 SusWrite 128 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 470GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 138 140 139 140 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 150 Mixed 101 SusWrite 139 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 571GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 151 152 148 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 150 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 151 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 148 152 150 152 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 142 Write 149 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 150 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 66%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA - $284

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	498x
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	60x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $941

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