Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.93% 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	203% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 19:43
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 742 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.93% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.51 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 380GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (A5) Unknown 100 100 953499975940 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 204 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 24 326417514541 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 369373544545 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3250 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4877 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4249 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4990 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.5% Good	Read 492 Write 340 Mixed 219 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 4.08 66% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 4.87 41% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 76%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,505 Write 1,062 Mixed 1,292 355% 1,620 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 26.6 114% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 52.6 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 105 75% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 134 134 38686818798 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 265 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 206159609895 (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
Poor: 64% Great: 122%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 141 141 38685311444 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 16 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1253 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6226 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 240518955048 (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
Poor: 64% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-065.A00G 9905625-062.A00G 9905625-062.A00G 9905625-062.A00G 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 75%

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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	1,769x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	540x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
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 $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16