Asus Rampage III Extreme

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Rampage III Extreme  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 0 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111003
Uptime2 Days
Run DateAug 06 '16 at 00:48
Run Duration276 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 22%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 X 980-$148
LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
80.2% Excellent
Memory 96.6
1-Core 97.6
2-Core 192
76% 129 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 613
58% 479 Pts
64-Core 759
47% 759 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6895
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 155
Parallax 133
119% 145 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 143
Splatting 113
101% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Maxtor 6V300F0 300GB
184GB free
Firmware: VA111630 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
32% Below average
Read 56.1
Write 54.5
Mixed 38.3
37% 49.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.28
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.09
90% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 32%
Great: 39%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
25.6% Poor
Read 2.7
Write 86.2
Mixed 64.5
39% 51.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.37
81% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 25.6%
Great: 74%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159
171GB free
Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
38.9% Below average
Read 69.6
Write 66
Mixed 69.1
52% 68.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.36
4K Write 1.28
4K Mixed 0.25
66% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 38.9%
Great: 51%
Maxtor 7L300S0 300GB-$42
4GB free
Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
18% Very poor
Read 24.1
Write 37.7
Mixed 27
22% 29.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 3.15
4K Mixed 0.19
101% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 18%
Great: 35%
I-O DATA HDCR-U 1.5TB
500GB free, PID 012e
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
14.2% Very poor
Read 32.5
Write 28.2
Mixed 14.6
30% 25.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.06
4K Mixed 0.25
46% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 14.2%
Great: 19%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 6x2GB
6 of 6 slots used
12GB DIMM
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 22.5
57% 19.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 9.1
SC Mixed 13.2
33% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 51.8
77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 37%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Rampage III Extreme Builds (Compare 742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $628
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