Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.4% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 19:23
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 496 63% 480 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 83 Parallax 70.7 68% 78.8 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 76 Splatting 75.2 62% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 178GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 212 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 176094904348 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20067	73.6% Very good	Read 499 Write 341 Mixed 346 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 9.25 72% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 3.62 77% 187 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 101%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 4701650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5385888994268 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2049 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 80 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4701650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4701650 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4701650 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1207 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1483 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1483 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2294	56.4% Above average	Read 480 Write 132 Mixed 209 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 9.99 90% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 11.1 30% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 30.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 97%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,779x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	457x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16