Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	252% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140708
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 16:49
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 97 2-Core 237 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 673 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 129 Parallax 132 116% 134 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 133 Splatting 104 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 668 693 653 647 644 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 612 Write 608 Mixed 608 SusWrite 654 140% 620 MB/s	4K Read 167 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 145 506% 146 MB/s	DQ Read 707 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 848 597% 751 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 559%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 367GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 81 81 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 60.5 Write 61.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 80.2 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 67%
WD WD75 00AARS-00Y5B 750GB 3,011 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 596GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 71 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 85 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 70.4 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 288GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 123 122 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 123 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 154 154 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 126 Write 106 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 154 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%
WD WD75 00AARS-00Y5B 750GB 3,011 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 138GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 46 46 47 46 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 88.7 Write 81.2 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 46 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 178GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 112 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 110 Write 99.5 Mixed 64 SusWrite 111 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 86%

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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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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