Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141001
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '15 at 19:04
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 128 2-Core 243 85% 185 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 674 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 1989) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5598 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Lighting 88.3 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 78.8 72% 86.2 fps	MRender 84.6 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 71.7 64% 78.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8999 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 710 (B1) Unknown 97 97 92 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 271 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36279999440	60.6% Good	Read 359 Write 106 Mixed 164 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 19.4 110% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 60.2 73% 132 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 118%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 282GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 81.5 Write 82.4 Mixed 64.6 97% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.34 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 42%
Generic Mass-Storage 64GB 1,564 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 59GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	7.92% Terrible	Read 15.1 Write 8.98 Mixed 9.55 13% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.79 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 1.16 86% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 19%
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$36 590 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 25GB free, PID 1697 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 183 Write 32.4 Mixed 49.2 84% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.59 97% 4.64 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 49%

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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	499x
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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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

Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)