Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.3% 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	30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 19:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 74.4 2-Core 149 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 332 36% 283 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 87.6 Reflection 130 Parallax 132 71% 117 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0955 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 94 99 103 104 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 100 Write 117 Mixed 114 SusWrite 101 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 27.2 4K Mixed 17.8 59% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 53.6 DQ Mixed 26.2 23% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 66%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 28GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 62 64 64 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 80.3 Write 77 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 62.9 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 222GB free Firmware: 0001BSM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 61 62 63 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 67 Write 55.8 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 61.6 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 43%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 834GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 81 80 84 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 74.8 Write 85.5 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 82.3 49% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.9% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.4 21% 7.23 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 7.5 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 54%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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