Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	38.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 20 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors, 1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 21:50
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 82.3 2-Core 171 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 429 47% 372 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% EVGA(3842 1563) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1053 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 15% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^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 (09) Power-on hours count 86 100 342 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1584 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1809 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1861 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1834 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1199 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 249108103204 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 61 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 197480 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3080 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2114	38.5% Below average	Read 198 Write 202 Mixed 190 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 3.01 56% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 92.7 DQ Mixed 2.94 19% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 78%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 128 128 38686228971 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 37 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 154620198943 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 63 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 169 Mixed 13.2 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 89%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 775GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10390 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 328 (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 8214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 64 319815699 (C2) HDA temperature 77 63 386924567 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7516 (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 100 99 34 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.4% Average	Read 85.2 Write 76.5 Mixed 79.1 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 62%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 775GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 28 Write 25.3 Mixed 13.9 27% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5 MC Mixed 4.3 14% 5.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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