Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.7% 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	73.5% 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 (90%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 12:24
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 69.4 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 157 58% 101 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 677 59% 503 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.3% 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 below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.7 84% 105 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 99.1 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 974 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 58 (A9) Unknown 100 100 492 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 44 188979937315 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 50 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4092 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2676 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2929 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.5% Very good	Read 333 Write 352 Mixed 340 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 17.5 106% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 56 76% 137 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 226GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194987920 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12925896906 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1245 (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 63 45 4917428261 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 242332 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 -140737488355291 (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 -28325309305734 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9105790071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64388196145	65.7% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 110 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 128GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149329328 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17469154364 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (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 61 50 4950982695 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100375 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 -140737488355289 (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 -129446019318537 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31024202432 (F2) Unknown 100 253 144522022688	93.4% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 133 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 139GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 223 163 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10883 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1578 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 531666 (C2) HDA temperature 109 77 41 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.4 Mixed 98.2 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 60GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 444 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8741 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 37 (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	41.5% Average	Read 72.3 Write 71.8 Mixed 68.2 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.28 99% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.5% 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)	32.1% Below average	Read 81.1 Write 69.7 Mixed 58.3 86% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.1% 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)	29.1% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 71.4 Mixed 62.2 84% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 175GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 82.8 Mixed 73.3 100% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 43%

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 (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% 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	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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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