Asus Rampage III GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.5% 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	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Rampage III GENE (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110920
Uptime	21.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '20 at 12:43
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 393 40% 321 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 107 84% 107 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 87.6 75% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: N053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 114 120 119 122 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 349 Write 219 Mixed 238 SusWrite 120 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 28.5 95% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 83.6 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 74.3 72% 111 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 111 120 122 124 123 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 177 Write 161 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 120 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 284GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 73 73 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 73.3 71% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 85%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 532GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 73 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 78.7 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 14.9 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 11.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 57%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus Rampage III GENE

CPU
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	108x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	54x
Core i7 930Intel $249Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	29x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	9x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	41x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	34x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	28x

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Total price: $211

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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