Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 06:24
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 299 102% 184 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 874 86% 702 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 962 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1208 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 155 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720938 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2752523 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 700 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 197569740829 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1162 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2542 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5919 (F4) Unknown 100 100 11 (F5) Unknown 100 100 42 (F6) Unknown 100 100 398096	68.9% Good	Read 462 Write 281 Mixed 227 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 10.1 107% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 8.79 25% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 627GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 196 614 (03) Spinup time 118 95 7075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 870 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 642 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11064 (C2) HDA temperature 121 98 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	54.1% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 94.4 Mixed 94.6 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 433GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 1537 (03) Spinup time 190 157 5483 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10950 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4366 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94934 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	32.2% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 57 Mixed 59.8 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 67%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 113GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6280 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 13958 (05) Reallocated sector count 59 59 1200 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7668 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 56 286326801 (C2) HDA temperature 82 56 319881234 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 256759 (C4) Reallocation count 71 71 1200 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10535 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 1058 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	36.2% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 57.4 Mixed 70.7 50% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.24 60% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3194 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.8 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 46.3 SC Mixed 34.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

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