Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	212% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 21:19
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 720 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 109 88% 109 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 85.1 74% 91.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,533 Write 1,013 Mixed 1,279 283% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 55 210% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 758 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 241 261% 447 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 283%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 26GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19260228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -93097711098286 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1530 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 303 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19260228 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19260228 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19260228 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4163 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5423 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5423 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6794
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 68GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227272368 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24510573 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1371 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 9195356194 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59945 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 -140737488355294 (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 -121955596367227 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20833539938 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21256949478	76.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 128 Mixed 147 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 40GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 187 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6174 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2558 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 90638 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 30 (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	50.9% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 81.6 Mixed 85.1 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x8GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 113%

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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	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
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	348x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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