Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	88.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 15:42
Run Duration	359 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 818 84% 679 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% PNY(196E 0898) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 15% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsai Force GT 240GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 136GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5794665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -72052371346257 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2441 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 61 64428507159 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5794665 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5794665 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5794665 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1214 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1344 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1344 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3195	92.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 241 Mixed 323 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 18.6 160% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 77.6 111% 206 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 93%
Corsai Force GT 240GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 23839845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -67972152414859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 205 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 39 64427065367 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23839845 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23839845 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23839845 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10714 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9534 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9534 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12174	88.9% Excellent	Read 495 Write 226 Mixed 300 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 24.3 154% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 50.6 88% 173 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 93%
Corsai Force GT 240GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 59GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13689440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -114770116072276 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2441 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 184 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 60 64428441623 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13689440 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13689440 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13689440 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4060 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3649 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3649 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10589	93% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 225 Mixed 319 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 23.8 165% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 83.6 111% 199 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 93%
WD WD10EADS-00M2B0 1TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 902GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 105 7383 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19302 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2359 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1070201 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (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	46.7% Average	Read 85.8 Write 76.7 Mixed 83.5 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 542GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209162512 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2739 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4302465 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (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 74 55 454295578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6684 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 68719476762 (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 140101833197748 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2886642841 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139847459724	80.3% Excellent	Read 111 Write 168 Mixed 129 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.7 203% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 64GB 1,211 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 58GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	9.6% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 9.62 Mixed 11.2 16% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.72 76% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 28.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 95%

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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	1,765x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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