Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 14:37
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 747 79% 631 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 100 Parallax 101 79% 99.3 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 72.3 66% 82.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 662GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 844 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2895 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 138 (A3) Unknown 100 100 61 (A4) Unknown 100 100 43588 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 268 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 107714 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 430833 (F2) Unknown 100 100 400263 (F5) Unknown 100 100 697408	105% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 430 Mixed 464 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 39.7 147% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 73.3 113% 212 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157263544 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54935631 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2900 (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 69 60 555352095 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 89757 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (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 50599009718759 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24402630362 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3128631963194	89.3% Excellent	Read 163 Write 149 Mixed 140 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 113%
ADATA HV620 1TB 1,743 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 904GB free, PID a31a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 102 Write 82.5 Mixed 46.1 91% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.21 19% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 4x8GB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

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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

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