Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.1% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 07:52
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 227 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 657 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1410 MHz, MLim: 1858 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 57.6 38% 50.2 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 49 Splatting 43 41% 50.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 299 316 345 353 381 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 371 Write 326 Mixed 280 SusWrite 327 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 33.8 134% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 138 148% 248 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 116%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 20GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 154 148 135 138 152 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 164 Write 132 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 144 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.5 431% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MAXIMUS VII FORMULA Builds (Compare 619 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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