Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140708
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 09:56
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 121 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 648 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% 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: 388.13 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 100 87% 106 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 89 76% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF1 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 95 95 11464682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 44487271255818 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2694 (0D) Soft read error rate 95 95 11464682 (64) Unknown 0 0 74958 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3360 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 204 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 38 51542097949 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 51542097949 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11464682 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 -17686675324928 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11464682 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11464682 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 82 82 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 13 (E9) Unknown 0 0 64545 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14323 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14323 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8160	52.5% Above average	Read 421 Write 141 Mixed 204 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 8.92 86% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 4.25 21% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 86%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 79GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790513467 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4992 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11416 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 223339151393 (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 200 200 1	42% Average	Read 74.6 Write 71.8 Mixed 71.3 55% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 74%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 55GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 156 2941 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4027 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2429 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 985 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4027 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 34 (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	50.1% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 79.9 Mixed 82.2 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 12GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 139 135 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4879 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2487 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4879 (C2) HDA temperature 109 96 34 (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	36.5% Below average	Read 63 Write 64 Mixed 73.7 51% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.42 87% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 109%

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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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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