Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 189% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 156% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	238% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '22 at 18:41
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (78^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 602 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-Ti 16,406 User benchmarks, average bench 232% Nvidia(10DE 1618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 526.86 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	238% Outstanding	Lighting 354 Reflection 318 Parallax 399 289% 357 fps	MRender 388 Gravity 317 Splatting 209 239% 305 fps
Poor: 205% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 247%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 339 289 298 295 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 482 Mixed 369 SusWrite 327 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 57.9 200% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 9GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 480 Mixed 427 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.2 209% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 89% Great: 133%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 790GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 71 71 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 83.6 Write 74.1 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 69.8 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 87%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 191 195 192 194 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 138%

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 (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 86%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VII FORMULA Builds (Compare 622 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	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 $140Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16