Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	90.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150827
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 12:51
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 574 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 96 84% 102 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 87.6 74% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 842 Write 314 Mixed 322 107% 492 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 13.6 102% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 68.3 84% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 237%
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 28GB free Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 1,170 Write 55.1 Mixed 201 101% 476 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 2.25 65% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 205%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 236GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205299344 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4328574620 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1360 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 722993190 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17135 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 60129542182 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -107060649779447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23883897557 (F2) Unknown 100 253 263145539703	51.4% Above average	Read 67.8 Write 110 Mixed 93.2 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.8 220% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 108%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free Firmware: SN12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 68 49 14031889 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3027 (05) Reallocated sector count 68 68 5622112191787 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 26490588307 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1730 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 203 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 48 45 875757620 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 4181 (C2) HDA temperature 52 55 55834574900 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 21 14031889 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 61 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 61 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 41	54.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 88.4 Mixed 79.4 67% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL10 8GB 2x8GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 87%

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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	499x
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 $273	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 $178	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) $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