Asus Maximus III GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III GENE (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 11:41
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 143 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 371 40% 317 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.1% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 61.9 51% 64.8 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 58.3 52% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2881 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 441 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 70 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 55 193274511391 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 36385694543 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1139195847 (F8) Unknown 100 100 253805470 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1900 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	35.6% Below average	Read 192 Write 152 Mixed 128 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 10.4 58% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 12.2 17% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 99%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 86GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 0 0 23553601559688 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1882 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1881 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1881 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 836558 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 40 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 836558 (F2) Unknown 100 100 571210 (F9) Unknown 100 100 28616	44.3% Average	Read 192 Write 176 Mixed 170 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 13.7 80% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 13.3 22% 40.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 25GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 97 97 11558 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1295 (B1) Unknown 96 96 42 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 87 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18271903559	44.4% Average	Read 203 Write 152 Mixed 144 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 18.1 83% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 53.6 DQ Mixed 18.9 22% 37.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 227GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 150 10808 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1937 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1033 (10) Unknown 6 194 117487457151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1858 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 95.2 Mixed 91.2 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.28 103% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 98%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 165GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8550 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3653 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3425 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.5% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 90.4 Mixed 15.7 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.37 134% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 50%

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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