Asus Maximus III GENE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Maximus III GENE (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '21 at 04:24
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-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 K 875-$180 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 70% LGA1156, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 90 1-Core 65.4 2-Core 115 58% 90.1 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 154 21% 156 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 0432) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 48 30% 40.2 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 24.7 23% 28.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.03E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 66 58 81 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 95.5 Write 98.6 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 71.7 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 423GB free Firmware: JC65 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 122 123 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 97.5 Write 96.2 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 123 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 70%
FUJITSU MHV2100AH 100GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 4GB free, PID 0524 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 21 24 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 18 Mixed 15 SusWrite 20.5 25% 18 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 52%

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

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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%

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 $94Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $550

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