Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% 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)
Boot Drive	45.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 Formula (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 13:20
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 88 2-Core 167 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 401 42% 337 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 00D0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 19.5 18% 19.1 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 20 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB-$180 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 184 185 193 190 184 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	45.4% Average	Read 147 Write 194 Mixed 155 SusWrite 188 39% 171 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 22.9 83% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 33.2 30% 44.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 108%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 68GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 129 129 129 131 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 129 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 83%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 4GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 21 21 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 27.8 Write 20.8 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 21.7 30% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 43%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 307GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 23 24 24 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 21.4 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 23.5 31% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43% 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%

Raft

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 $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