Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.5% 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	55.7% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '21 at 20:23
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.85 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 507 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 107 Parallax 110 91% 109 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 101 Splatting 93.7 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 91 96 65 63 63 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	55.7% Above average	Read 244 Write 107 Mixed 202 SusWrite 74.1 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 36.9 124% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 44.7 39% 56.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 124%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 97GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 93 98 65 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 97.1 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 75 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.5% 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 Formula Builds (Compare 132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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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 $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 $178	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