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Asus Maximus III Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	46.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III Formula (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '22 at 06:09
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$199 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 48.7 2-Core 82.3 46% 69.4 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 220 23% 186 Pts	64-Core 254 16% 254 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Nvidia(10DE 089C) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.24% Terrible	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 0.6 Parallax 3.3 8% 4.43 fps	MRender 14.4 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 10 9% 11.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.24% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$119 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 169 160 191 181 186 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.5% Average	Read 200 Write 202 Mixed 164 SusWrite 179 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 18.9 61% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 138 118% 172 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 85.9 47% 85.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 51%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Maximus III Formula Builds (Compare 134 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 $199Bench 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 $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $144Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $424

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350