Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.3% 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	91.4% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 00:25
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 40.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 68% 135 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 702 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.1% 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 as expected (56^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 17 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 20.8 14% 17.8 fps	MRender 21.2 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 15 15% 19.1 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11007 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2284 (B1) Unknown 91 91 105 (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 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39293252876	91.4% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 341 Mixed 346 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 25.7 130% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 81.3 113% 211 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 659GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2069 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3636 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8939 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 29 (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	72.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 122 Mixed 118 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.9% 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 (57^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 5850 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 78 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 871193444 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5571 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 17767 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 572063778 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 59 110571680 (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	36.9% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 63.9 Mixed 61.2 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2992 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 200 20% 200 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,778x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	457x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16