Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150827
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '24 at 15:58
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 632 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.5% Very good	Lighting 91.1 Reflection 154 Parallax 84.8 74% 110 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 85 69% 84.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 209 206 210 199 195 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 302 Write 266 Mixed 257 SusWrite 201 58% 256 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 29.5 102% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 144 124% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 127 127 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 126 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 127 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 859GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 169 169 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 171 Mixed 102 SusWrite 168 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	27"	1920 1080	HWP3355 HP 27wm

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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 $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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16