Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.55% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '16 at 19:18
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-750-$72 43,796 User benchmarks, average bench 62% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 79.9 2-Core 149 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 285 38% 285 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 9% BFG(19F1 0CB0) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.4200 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	7.55% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 7.92 Parallax 4.88 8% 7.7 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 8.53 Splatting 5.83 6% 7.42 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.55% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 698GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 121 (03) Spinup time 120 120 38685966815 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2350 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2357 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 231929151517 (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	44.7% Average	Read 77 Write 78.7 Mixed 74 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 486GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 121 121 38685901273 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7844 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2975 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7926 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7926 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 227634184218 (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	44.5% Average	Read 72 Write 82.9 Mixed 11.5 40% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 150GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 120 115 6958 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6032 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1949 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38252 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 24 (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	48.9% Average	Read 96.5 Write 74 Mixed 32.3 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 46%

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Typical Maximus III Formula Builds (Compare 132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus III Formula

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	57x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	26x
Core i7 K 875Intel $180Bench 70%, 2,354 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	62x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	45x
14GBUnknownBench 35%, 9,406 samples	5x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $567

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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