Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 06:21
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 650 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 116 Parallax 112 80% 109 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 86.4 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253LE240G 240GB 3,478 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 80 5.9 6 178 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 369 Write 341 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 73.5 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 11.5 62% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 14.5 DQ Mixed 17.1 14% 19.3 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 93%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 88GB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 84 83 85 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	9.49% Terrible	Read 62 Write 76.9 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 82.1 17% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 0.6 7% 3.67 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 4.2 DQ Mixed 2.2 2% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.49% Great: 18%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 111 109 109 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 111 69% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.7 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 78%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII FORMULA Builds (Compare 618 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $129Bench 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