Asus Maximus III GENE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III GENE (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 09:10
Run Duration	511 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 760-$100 34,495 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 98.3 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 191 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 368 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E254) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 31 21% 28.7 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 32.1 23% 27.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25791168836 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2251 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2591 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2591 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 261993463835 (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 1	47.6% Average	Read 85.7 Write 80.1 Mixed 28.6 47% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 51%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 215GB free Firmware: 1AA01111 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 51.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 46 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.88 75% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 25% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 223044762 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 23005 (05) Reallocated sector count 86 86 605 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 159039750103 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3788 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 96 21480734826 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 437387288 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 15 223044762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 100 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6244882478151 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3819075204 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3683707507	27.9% Poor	Read 33.4 Write 63.5 Mixed 55.2 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 68%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 0201 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 27.7 Mixed 19.1 32% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 44%
ASMT 2105 500GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 390GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 28.7 Mixed 12 28% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.35 54% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 171%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 20.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 16.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 44.5 90% 44.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 51%

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Typical Maximus III GENE Builds (Compare 93 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus III GENE

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	21x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	21x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
SSD-69D03092M-T 80GBBench 32%, 84 samples	5x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	45x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	28x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	7x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $565

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $33	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