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Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.7% 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	25.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 22:25
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 860-$290 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 78.6 2-Core 141 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 356 38% 305 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1589) 1.5GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1049 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 359.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 33.9 25% 37.2 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 34 27% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9065 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.6% Poor	Read 115 Write 79 Mixed 79.8 20% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 21.3 4K Mixed 11.1 50% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 29.4 DQ Mixed 9.73 11% 19.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 126%
Patriot Inferno 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 67GB free Firmware: 320A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - 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 110 99 38728440 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 1600 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92779883560983 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 759 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 290 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 0 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 99 38728440 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 86 86 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18816 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29824 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29824 (F2) Unknown 0 0 45632	28% Poor	Read 141 Write 69.6 Mixed 92.1 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 7.09 56% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 7.11 18% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 70%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$135 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 188GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 193 9341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4105 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.8% Above average	Read 109 Write 88.7 Mixed 83.5 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$135 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 96GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 196 9041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 719 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5675 (C2) HDA temperature 125 105 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 155 Mixed 110 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.21 101% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$135 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 38GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 198 8950 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2474 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25149 (C2) HDA temperature 125 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 89.9 Mixed 79.6 67% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.26 99% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 99%
WDC WD60 EFRX-68MYMN1 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 236GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	Read 112 Write 89.5 Mixed 69.7 110% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 43%
WDC WD60 EFRX-68MYMN1 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 127GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49% Average	Read 123 Write 101 Mixed 96.6 133% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.3 112% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 43%
WDC WD60 EFRX-68L0BN1 6TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 97GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 86.3 Write 75.4 Mixed 34.6 78% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.09 17% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 33%
HGST HDN 726060ALE610 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 73GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45% Average	Read 129 Write 102 Mixed 61 116% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.5 62% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 51%

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 as expected (51^st percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 54%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus III Formula

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $290Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	58x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	27x
Core i7 K 875Intel $174Bench 70%, 2,354 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 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	63x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	45x
14GBUnknownBench 35%, 9,406 samples	5x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $515

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350