Asus Rampage III Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 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.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Extreme (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 09:04
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 96.6 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 171 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 526 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7563 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 78.4 68% 83.4 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 70 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5962 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2178 (B1) Unknown 97 97 34 (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 72 63 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19383290882	50% Above average	Read 371 Write 162 Mixed 200 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 14.6 81% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 35.7 DQ Mixed 14.6 16% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 118%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 880GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790382396 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5673 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12871 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12871 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 146029674520 (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	65.5% Good	Read 107 Write 121 Mixed 71.7 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.42 93% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 74%
WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 58GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 166 2583 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16769 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8785 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 25 (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 200 253 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 78.8 Write 83.6 Mixed 76.6 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.46 125% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 48%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 125 148% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 51%
Maxtor 6 L300R0 300GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 33GB free, PID 2bcf Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	22% Poor	Read 28.7 Write 27.7 Mixed 28.9 37% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 3.79 4K Mixed 0.23 139% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

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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	130x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	39x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	173x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	86x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	80x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $419

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16