Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.3% 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	8.65% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091207
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 17:44
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (58^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, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 114 51% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 368 34% 282 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB CLim: 715 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 13.7 12% 15.6 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 18 15% 18.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 998 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 270 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9152 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13459156025 (F2) Unknown 99 99 23171264006	8.65% Terrible	Read 71.1 Write 75.7 Mixed 72.7 16% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.96 4% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 8.65% Great: 107%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 900GB free Firmware: JC4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 140 140 21491941614 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1497 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3463 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3463 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176094707745 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 46	63% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 70.7 72% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 64%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 896GB free Firmware: 150. Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 97.1 Mixed 39.5 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 874GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 170 170 30088364345 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 489 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 489 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 244814446636 (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	74.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 13.4 66% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.04 8% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9.6 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 52%

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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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16