Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121226
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 18:46
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	33%

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 i7-3970X-$217 2,677 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 105 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 551 61% 480 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.3 87% 105 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 86.7 76% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 224GB free Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,080 Write 744 Mixed 966 207% 930 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.7 131% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 118 119% 193 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 230%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12997 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2779 (B1) Unknown 85 85 530 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 87 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66639272256
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 138 11683 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2468 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2421 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 40 (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	73.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 133 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.36 118% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 93%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 882GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3051 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3045 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 316310 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 37 (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	61.6% Good	Read 94.7 Write 120 Mixed 131 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 799GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 160 6875 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3954 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 388844 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 37 (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	46.6% Average	Read 88.8 Write 73.6 Mixed 87.7 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE IV EXTREME - $589

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	530x
Core i7-4930KIntel $90Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	273x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	181x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	116x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	112x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	22x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples	21x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,159

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