Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 21:32
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 692 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8754) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 77.8 73% 84.6 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 72 68% 84.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 748GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1127 908 831 832 828 827 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,572 Write 1,752 Mixed 1,412 SusWrite 892 317% 1,407 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 79.7 278% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 962 697% 912 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 276%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 111GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 91 102 107 106 111 MB/s Performing below potential (94^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.8% Very good	Read 266 Write 141 Mixed 201 SusWrite 102 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 42.1 169% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 85.5 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 110 86% 116 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 75%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$215 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 138 138 136 139 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 108 Write 99.3 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 137 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA - $284

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	501x
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 $94Bench 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: $926

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16