Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.3% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110921
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 00:29
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 494 49% 401 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 27.1 23% 26.2 fps	MRender 21.7 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 29.7 22% 25.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 22%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5172 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 73 61 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4037183644	106% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 468 Mixed 483 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 47.9 174% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 30.6 37% 63.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 14 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 57%

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Typical RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION Builds (Compare 55 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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