Asus Maximus III GENE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III GENE (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '17 at 18:03
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 K 875-$180 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 97.7 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 200 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 510 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ CT1050MX30 1TB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 826GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 66 146030067737 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1586554406 (F7) Unknown 100 100 49997150 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9226207 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4396 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	58.6% Above average	Read 253 Write 181 Mixed 178 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 22.7 103% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 51.5 64% 114 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 103%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 816GB free Firmware: CC14 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 131 Mixed 95 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.72 215% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 0, 0, 0, 0 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 16 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

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Typical Maximus III GENE Builds (Compare 93 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Asus Maximus III GENE

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	21x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	21x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
SSD-69D03092M-T 80GBBench 32%, 84 samples	5x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	45x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	28x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	7x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $565

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 $179	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