Asus MAXIMUS VII IMPACT

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	108% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII IMPACT (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 02:52
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 587 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 98.8 82% 103 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 79.9 72% 89.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 717GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 433 433 437 432 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 436 Mixed 345 SusWrite 429 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 45.6 157% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 210 178% 258 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD Blue 3D 2TB-$135 1,834 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 406GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 465 473 467 466 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 410 Mixed 381 SusWrite 464 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.2 190% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 266 218% 313 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 974GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 84 81 85 87 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30% Poor	Read 16 Write 1.8 Mixed 40 SusWrite 87.4 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2 363% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 71%

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Typical MAXIMUS VII IMPACT Builds (Compare 240 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 $50Bench 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 $278Bench 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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	29x
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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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