Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 75% 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27% 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	25.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	22 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 20:06
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$320 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 83 2-Core 156 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 378 41% 326 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2767) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 40.7 26% 33.6 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 31.9 29% 36.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-octane S2 256GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 8 0 8 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4465 (E8) Unknown 100 100 320 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	25.3% Poor	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 120 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 9.19 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 6.14 38% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 10.9 DQ Write 43.4 DQ Mixed 5.23 10% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 41%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 877GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2488 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1929 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2472 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (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	96.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 167 Mixed 144 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.37 143% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.6% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.3 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 51%

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Typical Maximus III Formula Builds (Compare 133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus III Formula

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	57x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	27x
Core i7 K 875Intel $180Bench 70%, 2,354 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	7x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 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	62x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	45x
14GBUnknownBench 35%, 9,406 samples	5x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369