Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140708
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 640 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 77.6 67% 82.3 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 68.7 61% 75.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-459 240GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 271 254 222 296 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 275 Mixed 292 SusWrite 266 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 37.5 144% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 188 166% 248 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 97%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-459 240GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 27GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 275 246 287 296 230 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 418 Write 254 Mixed 256 SusWrite 269 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 36.1 126% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 188 168% 254 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 63 65 59 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 158 Write 143 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 75 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.5 430% 3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 144 140 147 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 110 Write 133 Mixed 112 SusWrite 141 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 275% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 186 194 188 194 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 129 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 190 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 3x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 99%

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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 624 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	504x
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	61x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	48x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	29x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	24x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	23x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16