Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 08:04
Run Duration	441 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 228 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 667 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 92% 112 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.9 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 333 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 909 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 83 (AE) Unknown 100 100 480 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 85154 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 912 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7235 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115760 (F2) Unknown 100 100 92758	85.6% Excellent	Read 484 Write 320 Mixed 380 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 23.2 134% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 23.3 61% 119 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 29109824 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1869755 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 63 588709923 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 677 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 183 Mixed 172 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 16GB 3,032 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 7.04 Mixed 8.87 17% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.02 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 1.09 102% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 12%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 16GB 3,032 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 13GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 6.59 Mixed 11.4 18% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.09 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.94 106% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 106%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,764x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	454x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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