Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 16:33
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 637 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 8446) 2GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 16 Parallax 21.2 14% 18.3 fps	MRender 21.7 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 15.3 15% 19.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11000 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2283 (B1) Unknown 91 91 104 (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 74 58 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38828107353	96.2% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 343 Mixed 346 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 27.5 142% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 78.8 118% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 651GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 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 2069 (03) Spinup time 178 174 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8976 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3635 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8936 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	73.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 125 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.4 112% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 73GB free Firmware: 3.AAM Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5848 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 78 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 870699504 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5570 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 17767 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 504889374 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 59 84784851 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 17482 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 17482 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.4% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 61.4 Mixed 65.2 47% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2230 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 20.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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