Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 07:19
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 756 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4999) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1804 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 122 Parallax 110 92% 115 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 105 Splatting 99.5 83% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asus RAIDR Express PCIe 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 223GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	101% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 411 Mixed 468 117% 529 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 21.2 118% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 83.3 124% 229 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,134 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,182 334% 1,517 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 41.7 215% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 57.2 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 153 129% 177 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4583698 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -20237885890541 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1457 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 420 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 47 55837655076 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 55837655076 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4583698 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4583698 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4583698 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2461 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1449 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1449 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1093	77.8% Very good	Read 522 Write 177 Mixed 189 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 15 134% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 11.8 57% 128 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2826 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 804 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 46 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6409606352	99.2% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 410 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.5 169% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 29.9 38% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 216 177 6175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4637 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 137 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 159GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207539072 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4308701166 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1535 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 31 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 86455091233 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53956 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8650 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 24764781431543 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14793531537 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14121893710	80.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 131 Mixed 123 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 114%
Kingston SH103S3120G 240GB 107GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5651643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 64407329579239 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1476 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 543 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 47 55837655076 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 55837655076 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5651643 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5651643 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5651643 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3202 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2855 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2855 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2210

PNY USB 3.0 FD 256GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 28GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 43.1 Write 42.7 Mixed 8.88 37% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.92 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.17 26% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1602 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 92%

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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	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