Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 09:50
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 687 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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: 1551 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Lighting 88.7 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 80.4 72% 86.4 fps	MRender 83.5 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 71.1 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 413GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 382 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 88 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 74 65 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1374680210
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 413GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 383 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 88 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1380174691
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2314 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 42 (AE) Unknown 100 100 166 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 48 223338954783 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17361309434 (F7) Unknown 100 100 545421895 (F8) Unknown 100 100 879339142	80.5% Excellent	Read 372 Write 359 Mixed 357 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 26.6 121% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 44.1 67% 125 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 107%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 174 7900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2022 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 872 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5085 (C2) HDA temperature 125 104 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86% Excellent	Read 176 Write 124 Mixed 125 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 89%

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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	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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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