Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.6% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 10:35
Run Duration	329 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 70.8 1-Core 76.5 2-Core 157 59% 101 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 671 59% 501 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.1% 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: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.5 87% 106 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 100 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 916 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 44 188979937310 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 46 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3893 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2546 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2794 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.3% Very good	Read 336 Write 351 Mixed 339 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 22.2 112% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 57.5 78% 143 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 235GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132123336 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12925847328 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1237 (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 72 45 4766302236 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 241398 (C2) HDA temperature 28 55 -140737488355300 (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 -70849780503454 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9084280345 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64349743918	69.7% Good	Read 129 Write 114 Mixed 113 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 120GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163113144 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1326 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17469044721 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 826 (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 72 50 4766236700 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100125 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 -140737488355300 (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 62010737835209 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30970885163 (F2) Unknown 100 253 144199531740	95.5% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 141 Mixed 158 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 131GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 223 163 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10867 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1570 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 529381 (C2) HDA temperature 120 77 30 (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 1	63.2% Good	Read 118 Write 102 Mixed 92.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.15 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 100GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 433 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8112 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 28 (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	47.5% Average	Read 83.1 Write 82.4 Mixed 77.4 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.15 47% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 533GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 79.1 Write 69.7 Mixed 63.9 89% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 490GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 54.9 Write 70.2 Mixed 58.8 81% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 155GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 76.4 Write 87.3 Mixed 74 103% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 33GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 137 Write 15.2 Mixed 28 53% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.05 6% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.6% 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 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 10 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 99.5 40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 103%

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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 $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) $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