Asus Rampage III Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.8% 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	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Extreme (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '20 at 19:27
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.75 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 95 2-Core 190 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 561 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 28.6 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 27.7 23% 27 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 30.3 22% 26.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 107 112 114 108 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 324 Write 134 Mixed 182 SusWrite 112 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 29.8 105% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 152 117% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 55GB free Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 73 74 76 77 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 64 Write 60.7 Mixed 53 SusWrite 75.2 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 88GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 89 94 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 81.2 Write 87.2 Mixed 20 SusWrite 92.5 51% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 257GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 117 118 117 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 114 Write 88.2 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 116 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 182GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 92 103 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 89 Write 89 Mixed 50 SusWrite 97.9 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 95GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 56 57 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 30 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 57.9 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 172GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 81 81 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 78.5 Write 83 Mixed 46 SusWrite 81.5 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 180GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 69 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 64.5 Mixed 38 SusWrite 70.6 44% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 22.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 13.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 59%

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Desktop 79%

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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	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 $109Bench 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 $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 $45	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