Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION

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 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '16 at 08:46
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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 965-$1,244 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 187 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 517 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 45% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 79GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1978 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1719 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1676 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 44 240519282723 (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 100 100 1052 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6402466553 (F7) Unknown 100 100 208387569 (F8) Unknown 100 100 123105998	62.2% Good	Read 449 Write 173 Mixed 290 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 30.5 88% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 65.9 DQ Mixed 76.2 69% 107 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 113%
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2718 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2805 (AB) Unknown 80 80 40662096 (AE) Unknown 100 100 937 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 639 (D2) Unknown 100 100 354 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 79 79 79 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9694 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19549 (F9) Unknown 100 100 458173979	65% Good	Read 391 Write 181 Mixed 277 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 29.8 92% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 95.8 100% 169 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 358GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 15270 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3937 (05) Reallocated sector count 189 189 86 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3108 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1821 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2115 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 35 (C4) Reallocation count 196 196 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 161 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 154 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 178	49.6% Average	Read 112 Write 60.3 Mixed 29.2 49% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 76%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 57%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION

CPU
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	14x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	11x
Core i7 970Intel $1,141Bench 73%, 4,313 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 580Nvidia $450Bench 23%, 15,395 samples	8x
GTX 480Nvidia $500Bench 20%, 3,874 samples	4x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
860 Pro 2TBSamsung $474Bench 111%, 2,198 samples	3x
Express Flash PM1725a 1.6TB AICDellBench 251%, 15 samples	3x
Force GT 120GBCorsair $155Bench 69%, 13,464 samples	3x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	15x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	6x

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Value: 34% - Below average

Total price: $1,423

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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