Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 16:29
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 278 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 800 77% 635 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1413 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 71 64% 77 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 64.1 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,479 Write 1,268 Mixed 1,384 376% 1,710 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 24.6 169% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 743 DQ Mixed 20.1 127% 269 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 254%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 313GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1401 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 320 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274773536 (F1) Unknown 100 100 80873	66.3% Good	Read 501 Write 342 Mixed 352 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 7.97 84% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 58 DQ Mixed 7.47 15% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 101%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 56GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7755 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4162 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 118 (AE) Unknown 100 100 218 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 393 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 713 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17477865611 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34216710530	44.7% Average	Read 444 Write 264 Mixed 353 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 6.04 33% 9.76 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 5.09 9% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 56%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115182696 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8661657 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 653 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 672530469 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5330 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 81604378661 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17381732644919 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5282113828 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18135675071	84.3% Excellent	Read 113 Write 180 Mixed 136 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.61 195% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209450952 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9147648 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 639041574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3753 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 38 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55314883802478 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10997524657 (F2) Unknown 100 253 208635383623	81.6% Excellent	Read 118 Write 165 Mixed 120 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.54 180% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33.8 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%

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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

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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