Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 23:21
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 574 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.1% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 61.3 52% 64.3 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 54.8 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 442GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,046 Write 1,326 Mixed 1,194 336% 1,522 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 30.2 186% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 874 DQ Mixed 295 278% 405 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1985 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 993 (B1) Unknown 97 97 49 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 116 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26618443181	89% Excellent	Read 501 Write 404 Mixed 414 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 23.3 126% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 21.3 58% 115 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 321GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200934664 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4041406 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (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 53 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9594 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 68719476766 (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 -119915486903654 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6760513383 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27649457701	97.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 158 Mixed 153 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 35.4 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,786x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	543x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	463x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	173x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	163x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	119x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $876

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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