Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 07:59
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 697 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1676 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 575 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6638525908	94.2% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 403 Mixed 413 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 25.6 147% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 118 100% 138 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 124%
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free Firmware: O1015A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 713 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 205 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14229 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44259 (F2) Unknown 100 100 51914 (F5) Unknown 100 100 56916	52.2% Above average	Read 351 Write 193 Mixed 194 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 9.33 70% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 94.3 DQ Mixed 9.68 42% 98 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 90%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 836GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 116 116 7166 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5644 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 135170 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 93.4 Mixed 95.5 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 297GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58255880 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6692 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 43144705859 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2971 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 22 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 521273374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66328 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 34359738398 (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 37898791428543 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -95928334243141 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -23362078128829	93.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 162 Mixed 128 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.28 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 26.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $926

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