Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 16:18
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 208 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 395 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 36.1 25% 32.7 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 25.4 Splatting 37.8 26% 30.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 403 415 423 384 371 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 454 Mixed 354 SusWrite 398 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 46.1 157% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 345 263% 355 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 139GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 114 113 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 113 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical MAXIMUS VII RANGER Builds (Compare 2,780 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	444x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	404x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	228x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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