Asus MAXIMUS VII IMPACT

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.5% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII IMPACT (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 22:46
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 440 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 67.7 56% 68.4 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 54.4 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11602 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3093 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 685 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7012532 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 58 40 257699151914 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25260 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17649 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13031 (F4) Unknown 100 100 107 (F5) Unknown 100 100 180 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7355008	91.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 488 Mixed 502 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 13.7 93% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 14.2 99% 228 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 111%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1443 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1046 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14349 (C2) HDA temperature 108 91 42 (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	79.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 144 Mixed 132 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 72%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII IMPACT Builds (Compare 239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII IMPACT - $235

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	141x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	33x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	17x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $883

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