Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	92.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 11:18
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 707 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 188 Parallax 180 136% 178 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 175 Splatting 126 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 163 180 64 36 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 436 Mixed 269 SusWrite 112 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.5 167% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 130 149% 258 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 275GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 94 92 93 95 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 62.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 92.6 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 84%
Seagate STM3250318AS 250GB 3,989 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 85GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 101 101 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 124 Write 113 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 100 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 363GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 83 Write 81 Mixed 85 SusWrite 89.5 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	502x
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	47x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: $922

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16