Asus Rampage III Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.1% 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	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Extreme (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '21 at 10:55
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 169 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 491 49% 400 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Sapphire(174B E154) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Lighting 27.7 Reflection 20.6 Parallax 27.9 23% 25.4 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 11.2 12% 15.4 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 215 209 211 220 217 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 360 Write 219 Mixed 248 SusWrite 213 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 30.3 100% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 206 154% 207 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 275GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 66.9 Write 67.3 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 73.8 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 322GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 44 43 45 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 65.9 Mixed 57 SusWrite 43.8 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 6 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	49.8"	1280 720	PIO0095 FHD-PDP-PC

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Gaming 77%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme

CPU
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	146x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	128x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	39x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	172x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	86x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	80x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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