Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 00:02
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 743 79% 631 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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: 378.92 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.7 88% 106 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 79 72% 89.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4715 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 493 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 153 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14277795980	118% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 404 Mixed 423 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49.2 190% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 118 142% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 199 8866 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2648 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9955 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.4% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 155 Mixed 154 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.32 127% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 193 9175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2880 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8351 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	94.3% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 149 Mixed 142 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 193 9150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2972 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8685 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.4% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 139 Mixed 143 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 99%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 33GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38684590535 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 845 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 845 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 171799871522 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 105 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 145 145 34389557701 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1422 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 171799871521 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 162 Mixed 134 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

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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	1,758x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	537x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	240x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	159x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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