Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.6% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 10:28
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 861 91% 727 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1694 MHz, MLim: 1765 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 132 Parallax 118 104% 126 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 115 Splatting 101 87% 107 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2088 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2717 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3715241280870 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 988 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 43 244813135914 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 154 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1975698653644 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3494 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12848 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9858 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13403 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 493 Write 221 Mixed 264 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 4.25 73% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 4.33 41% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 97 59187406 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 550222700 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5448 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 38 673644583 (C2) HDA temperature 39 62 30064771111 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 51 110321476 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.9% Average	Read 75 Write 74.2 Mixed 72.3 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 27.3 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 31.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 103%

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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	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $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