Asus Maximus III Extreme

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.2% 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)
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Extreme (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 16:35
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^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, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 188 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 467 53% 417 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Device(107D 2762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 62.4 48% 62.4 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 51.4 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 120GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 102 110 112 98 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 194 Write 157 Mixed 158 SusWrite 92.9 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 21.3 83% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 44.1 DQ Mixed 27.9 23% 32.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 236GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 103 110 112 98 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 133 Write 113 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 93.5 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 238GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 120 136 137 135 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 88.2 Write 153 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 126 72% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Maximus III Extreme Builds (Compare 13 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Asus Maximus III Extreme

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	5x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	4x
Core i7 K 875Intel $180Bench 70%, 2,354 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 780-TiNvidia $410Bench 53%, 30,815 samples	1x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	1x

SSD
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	1x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	8x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	4x
20GBUnknownBench 39%, 10,519 samples	1x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $749

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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