Asus Rampage III Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Formula (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 19:59
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 468 53% 413 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 121 117 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 364 Write 218 Mixed 216 SusWrite 120 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 30.4 110% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 174 137% 192 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 122%
SK hynix SC210 2.5 7MM 2 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 238GB free Firmware: 2000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 120 120 121 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.9% Above average	Read 354 Write 220 Mixed 228 SusWrite 121 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 23.4 86% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 185 143% 197 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 70%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 93 91 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 74 SusWrite 92.5 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 79 78 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 132 Write 111 Mixed 71 SusWrite 78.4 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 11.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 57%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Formula

CPU
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	72x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	54x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	16x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	15x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	9x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	50x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	44x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	31x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $435

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