Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus RAMPAGE III BLACK EDITION (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110921
Uptime	29.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 15:30
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 970-$1,141 4,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 148 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 467 44% 367 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 823C) 320MB Ram: 320MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.7% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 5.54 Parallax 1.72 4% 3.95 fps	MRender 5.14 Gravity 3.77 Splatting 4.35 4% 4.42 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.7% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 786GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 231 232 248 205 239 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 377 Write 349 Mixed 249 SusWrite 229 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 25.4 93% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 211 165% 229 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 212GB free Firmware: 2.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 190 188 170 187 185 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 358 Write 267 Mixed 262 SusWrite 183 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 25.6 96% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 239 185% 254 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 134 132 134 131 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 111 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 132 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 163 160 164 158 160 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 151 Mixed 78 SusWrite 159 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 462GB free Firmware: 1805 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 30 29 29 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 31 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 28.8 22% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 66%

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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 14.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.7 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 57%

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

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16