Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	191% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 01:56
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	89% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 698 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 64 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 186838949
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 446GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 637 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 97 97 17179870081 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65542 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979937316 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 846 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 790 (F2) Unknown 100 100 692 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 6 (F6) Unknown 100 100 245056	99.3% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 502 Mixed 508 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 14 117% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 14 97% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 110%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,385 Write 932 Mixed 1,216 262% 1,178 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 49.3 208% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 167 174% 289 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 230%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 393219 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 98 (03) Spinup time 168 168 51564708320 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5395 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2140 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8055 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8055 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 214749282345 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 115 Write 99.8 Mixed 94.1 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 69%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 27.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 86%

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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	498x
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	60x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $941

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16