Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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.
Boot Drive	64.6% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '15 at 11:54
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 965-$1,244 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 96.4 2-Core 189 65% 143 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 507 53% 426 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 62% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 45% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2497 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2602 (AB) Unknown 80 80 40662096 (AE) Unknown 100 100 745 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 595 (D2) Unknown 100 100 354 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 81 81 81 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9084 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18081 (F9) Unknown 100 100 426039769	64.6% Good	Read 390 Write 184 Mixed 301 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 28.2 92% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 93.6 98% 166 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 100%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 59GB free Firmware: MU02 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1680 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1495 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1452 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240519282724 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1052 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5862963447 (F7) Unknown 100 100 190224678 (F8) Unknown 100 100 109717820	60.4% Good	Read 378 Write 178 Mixed 293 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 31.4 91% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 71.9 67% 106 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 406GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 13562 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3717 (05) Reallocated sector count 189 189 83 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2889 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1746 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1970 (C2) HDA temperature 102 98 45 (C4) Reallocation count 196 196 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 158 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 152 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 175	48.8% Average	Read 102 Write 67.8 Mixed 66.3 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 76%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION

CPU
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	14x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	11x
Core i7 970Intel $1,141Bench 73%, 4,313 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 580Nvidia $450Bench 23%, 15,395 samples	8x
GTX 480Nvidia $500Bench 20%, 3,874 samples	4x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
860 Pro 2TBSamsung $474Bench 111%, 2,198 samples	3x
Express Flash PM1725a 1.6TB AICDellBench 251%, 15 samples	3x
Force GT 120GBCorsair $155Bench 69%, 13,464 samples	3x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	15x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	6x

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Value: 34% - Below average

Total price: $1,423

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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

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