Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.7% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 23:18
Run Duration	801 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 670 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 88.7 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 81 72% 85.7 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 68.1 60% 74.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 913GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 1478 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 58 180389478433 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 790754237 (F7) Unknown 100 100 24791354 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2822671 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4446 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 480 Write 341 Mixed 341 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 15.2 100% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 15.1 82% 191 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 105%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 2074 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1427 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 160 (AE) Unknown 100 100 158 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2593 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 44 240519151657 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23345866234 (F7) Unknown 100 100 729979615 (F8) Unknown 100 100 794301903	99.7% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 390 Mixed 407 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 31.3 138% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 63.3 112% 221 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106796000 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2620342 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 976 (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 70 43 99305455646 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22594 (C2) HDA temperature 30 57 55834574878 (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 116140210655767 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2300242614 (F2) Unknown 100 253 839210146	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 171 Mixed 165 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 831GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 167 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3153 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1617 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2964 (C2) HDA temperature 112 88 31 (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	96% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 154 Mixed 151 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.35 143% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%
ACTIONS USB DISK FOB 2.0 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 29GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Read 3.58 Write 2.85 Mixed 3.21 4% 3.22 MB/s	4K Read 2.36 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.5 45% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 8%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 21GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	4.1% Terrible	Read 11.9 Write 6.49 Mixed 9.17 11% 9.17 MB/s	4K Read 3.91 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.03 16% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.1% Great: 10%
ACTIONS USB DISK FOB 2.0 8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 8GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.4% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 4.45 Mixed 5.49 8% 7.48 MB/s	4K Read 6.72 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 30.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%

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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 $242Bench 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 $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 $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