Asus Rampage III Extreme

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	45.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Extreme (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '22 at 12:57
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 58.2 2-Core 103 52% 80.9 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 314 30% 249 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.2% Average	Lighting 55.1 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 54.4 45% 65.7 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 49.6 46% 56.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 814GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 61 84 95 86 73 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 92.2 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 73.7 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 54%

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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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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	130x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	40x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	39x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	173x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	86x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	80x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $419

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16