Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 08:16
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 635 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 104 89% 110 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.6 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 568GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 137 140 144 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 169 Write 137 Mixed 105 SusWrite 141 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 656GB free Firmware: 1805 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 109 110 111 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 110 Write 55.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 109 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 187GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 87 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 90 Write 85.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 87.6 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 26.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER - $283

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,617x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	442x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	222x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	403x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	102x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	109x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	105x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	91x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $940

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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16