Asus Rampage III Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Extreme (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 06:00
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 670 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 88% 110 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 91.9 80% 98.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 889GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 206 209 207 210 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 321 Write 209 Mixed 232 SusWrite 208 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 25.1 101% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 42.7 34% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 6 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 15.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 77%

Battleship

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 65%

Battle cruiser

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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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