Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 13:28
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 96.1 1-Core 35.2 2-Core 86.1 50% 72.5 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 658 55% 476 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% 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: 1563 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 78 Parallax 78.4 67% 79.7 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 71.6 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% 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% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,518 Write 1,282 Mixed 1,249 370% 1,683 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 23.3 106% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 47.2 DQ Mixed 16.6 20% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 212% 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 (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1739 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1227 (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 100 100 330 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274773536 (F1) Unknown 100 100 85084	56.2% Above average	Read 500 Write 331 Mixed 349 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 7.64 52% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 28.7 DQ Mixed 7.19 10% 18.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.2% 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 as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4400 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 118 (AE) Unknown 100 100 228 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 393 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 714 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17536592638 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34259151571	43.4% Average	Read 447 Write 254 Mixed 326 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 4.8 32% 9.71 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 9.7 DQ Mixed 4.41 8% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.4% 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133564024 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 812 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10843051 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 891 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 706674724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7392 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 77309411364 (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 9126805506832 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6552243412 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20845817484	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 159 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.65 202% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84843264 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9623906 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1081 (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 47 706740261 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4467 (C2) HDA temperature 37 53 37 (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 -65566970737170 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11964913735 (F2) Unknown 100 253 215500619716	76% Very good	Read 110 Write 154 Mixed 129 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.54 184% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76% 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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 33.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 8.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 129%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,763x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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