Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.1% 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	26.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 16:48
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 760-$100 34,495 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 83.2 2-Core 156 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 297 40% 297 Pts	64-Core 297 18% 297 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36D9) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.1% Poor	Lighting 30.6 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 28.3 25% 29.7 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 28.8 Splatting 28.9 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PA128HMCD-010 128GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0956 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	26.8% Poor	Read 127 Write 130 Mixed 116 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 8.52 43% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 38.1 DQ Mixed 8.99 12% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 51%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 891GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100478953 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1297 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 17328591898 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1296 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 1059 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 656212006 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 25 100478953 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 32.4 57% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.42 111% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.2% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 51%

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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 $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