Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% 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	93.8% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 19:37
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 689 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.2 86% 107 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 100 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 584 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (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 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 44 188979937312 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 30 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2524 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1640 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1972 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	93.8% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 472 Mixed 433 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 17.3 128% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 48.3 77% 138 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 247GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200043432 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12925767168 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (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 65 45 4883611683 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 238006 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 -140737488355293 (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 -117085103445015 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9048517550 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64257955375	67.3% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 99 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 320GB 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 253 163 1058 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10733 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1521 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 514972 (C2) HDA temperature 108 77 42 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 97.5 Mixed 107 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% 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 (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 299 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3992 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 36 (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	45.7% Average	Read 78.6 Write 80.4 Mixed 76.7 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 38GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23477376 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17468815932 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 777 (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 62 50 4950720550 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 95263 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 -140737488355290 (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 -27457725907921 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30703408078 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143464776432	79.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 132 Mixed 119 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 14.8 Mixed 16.7 25% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.73 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.72 100% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 39%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 29.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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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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