Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.6% 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	42.8% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 96.2 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 147 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 261 32% 246 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Asus(1043 8385) 1.5GB CLim: 782 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Lighting 28.8 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 32.1 24% 34.8 fps	MRender 44 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 32.5 27% 32.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5252612 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -55894704376718 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (AB) Unknown 0 0 2 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 124 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 59 55838441503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5252612 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5252612 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5252612 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10757 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8754 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8754 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14806	42.8% Average	Read 193 Write 136 Mixed 166 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 11.6 84% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 10.3 22% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 269GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 119 92 7025 (04) Start/Stop count 16 16 84725 (05) Reallocated sector count 184 184 121 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 309865 (C2) HDA temperature 114 84 33 (C4) Reallocation count 150 150 50 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 50	37.5% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 64.4 Mixed 8.74 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.16 47% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 57%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 268GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 38 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5390 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1284 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 95 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 153 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 505282590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17890 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	39.3% Below average	Read 78.5 Write 58 Mixed 34 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.46 112% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 62%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 8GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 211 175 6425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 508 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3534 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.6% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 71 Mixed 59.8 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16