Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 07:48
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	40%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 201 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 392 49% 374 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 64.4 59% 68.7 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 58.4 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 237GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7750406 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -106532368799195 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3080 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 75 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 931 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 60132229146 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7750406 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7750406 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7750406 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6421 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5306 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5306 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16903	64.5% Good	Read 509 Write 240 Mixed 308 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 16.5 75% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 92 DQ Mixed 60.1 70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 66%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9973 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1306 (B1) Unknown 94 94 69 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 51 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36147879443	65.8% Good	Read 497 Write 263 Mixed 65.6 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 22.1 75% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 15.3 44% 104 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 248GB free Firmware: AX002M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd 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 1681 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4500 (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 46 46 21659 (0A) Spinup retry count 189 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 419 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3291087084 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 120867 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 270583660567 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 80 80 8298 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 252 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	49.1% Average	Read 83.9 Write 87.2 Mixed 89.3 66% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 177GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3829 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2159 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3691 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 139 Mixed 123 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 19 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 91%

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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	1,765x
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	455x
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