Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	95% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 11:09
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 (62^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 667 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 79% 101 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 94.9 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 571 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 43 (A9) Unknown 100 100 492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 44 188979937308 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 23 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2127 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1335 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1714 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	95% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 464 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 24.9 134% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 39 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 18.9 47% 92 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 255GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158857312 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12925730813 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1171 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 21475229729 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 4866768928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 237854 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 887 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36266703836193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9039734011 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64240388340	69.5% Good	Read 126 Write 116 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 317GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 205 163 4733 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1504 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 514697 (C2) HDA temperature 117 77 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 8938 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.2% Above average	Read 112 Write 93.9 Mixed 102 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 101GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3619 (C2) HDA temperature 117 112 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.3% Average	Read 73.9 Write 80.1 Mixed 76.6 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.27 108% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 40GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174639672 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17468806615 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 4849926177 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94966 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 -140737488355295 (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 -38585986171863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30699411175 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143378307063	74.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 130 Mixed 122 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 781GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 90.4 Write 92.6 Mixed 73.4 109% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 103%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $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