Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 21:31
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 X 990-$499 4,994 User benchmarks, average bench 78% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 69 2-Core 119 60% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 321 35% 276 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 119 Parallax 144 84% 122 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18179 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1713 (B1) Unknown 94 94 63 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1358 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44632972531	51.2% Above average	Read 410 Write 146 Mixed 151 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 13.9 70% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 31.4 45% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 89%
Intel RS2WC040 16TB 7.5TB free Firmware: 2.13 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 971GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 139 11483 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2562 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2177 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 39 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.1% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 65.1 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.46 123% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 93%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 560GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 135 11783 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2622 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2242 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 38 (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	61.1% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 77.6 72% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.5 133% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 93%
JMicron Generic 480GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 51GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 33 Write 29.2 Mixed 27.1 37% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.79 4K Write 6.62 4K Mixed 4.61 407% 6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 231%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 13.8 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 61%

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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 $269	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 $40	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