Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	39.8% 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	255% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 830 90% 714 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1604 MHz, MLim: 2032 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 49 Parallax 43.9 42% 48.2 fps	MRender 45.9 Gravity 45.2 Splatting 39.7 35% 43.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,758 Write 1,163 Mixed 1,330 383% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 43.4 203% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 133 143% 241 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 236%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242255552 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12275790 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 59 555089942 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2891 (C2) HDA temperature 22 41 55834574870 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 111 Mixed 95.8 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 100%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3057 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11014 (C2) HDA temperature 121 93 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 131 Mixed 129 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.29 108% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3400C16-8GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3400C16-8GTZ 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 34.6 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

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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	1,768x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	540x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $254	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 $175	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16