Asus Rampage III Extreme

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.5% 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)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Extreme (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 23:26
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 970-$1,141 4,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 164 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 475 44% 365 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 03BA) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 21.8 Parallax 24.3 22% 24.5 fps	MRender 20.5 Gravity 22 Splatting 28 20% 23.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SV100S2128G 128GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: D100811a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 23668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2683 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 171800395813 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12582912 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18361823441
Poor: 10% Great: 37%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8483 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6763 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2161 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6719 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 12	51.6% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 93.3 Mixed 29.5 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.34 123% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 85%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 301GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 32 Write 28.9 Mixed 13.5 30% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.28 57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 29GB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 67.9 Mixed 51.6 82% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.19 54% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 6 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.6 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 77%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme

CPU
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	146x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	128x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	39x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	172x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	86x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	80x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $628

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 $40	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