Asus Maximus III GENE

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.2% 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 Maximus III GENE (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 15:33
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 97.1 1-Core 87.2 2-Core 174 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 350 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40% Average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 50.2 Parallax 49.8 42% 50.6 fps	MRender 45.7 Gravity 45.6 Splatting 41 36% 44.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^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 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15355 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4753 (E8) Unknown 100 100 42398690820 (E9) Unknown 94 0 94	63.2% Good	Read 270 Write 259 Mixed 258 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 18.2 102% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 91.3 85% 130 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 208GB free Firmware: 02.03B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 150 5208 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9179 (05) Reallocated sector count 128 128 571 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4206 (B8) Unknown 91 91 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 68 158916214864 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 327 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9179 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 34 (C4) Reallocation count 192 192 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	34.3% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 58.8 Mixed 67 47% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 29GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 13281 (03) Spinup time 131 127 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10645 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6015 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1748 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10644 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 197 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 569 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	32.6% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 55.1 Mixed 56.2 43% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.37 103% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 14.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

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 $32Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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