Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 09:50
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 71.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 458 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 70.7 64% 76.1 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 62.9 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 66%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4691 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.73% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.75 7% 9.25 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.73% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12591003 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 15642270901237 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1448 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 219 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 48 47247786021 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 47247786021 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12591003 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12591003 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12591003 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 98784247809 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25416 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20631 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20631 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19281 (F4) Unknown 93 93 15597806	59.8% Above average	Read 441 Write 128 Mixed 163 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 15.6 107% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 27.3 35% 59.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 301GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24291120 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 110411153 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2524 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 638779430 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 606 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 141470 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 38654705702 (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 79053168057446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67228929492 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73026993692	67.8% Good	Read 109 Write 127 Mixed 118 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 250GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179510896 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 9051740505 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2975 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (BC) Unknown 100 50 65635 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 9262268456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 691 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83691 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 -140737488355288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 1345 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 47833050787179 (F1) Unknown 100 253 77436244272153 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22895610715039	99.9% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 155 Mixed 135 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 21.5 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 97.3 41% 97.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 101%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $279	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