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 (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	267% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 07:07
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 761 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,497 Write 1,206 Mixed 1,335 369% 1,679 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 51.4 232% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 220 248% 428 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 8589934592 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 68032281990293 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1619 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 309 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 40 51542229015 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 51542229015 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8589934592 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8589934592 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8589934592 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27650 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23585 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23585 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20974	50.9% Above average	Read 181 Write 128 Mixed 149 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 14.4 106% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 33.8 50% 93.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 73%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 112GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (A5) Unknown 100 100 227675210292 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 43 184684707867 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2491103052356 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1083 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2891 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2264 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2344 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82% Excellent	Read 462 Write 318 Mixed 317 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 21 110% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 50.3 94% 190 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 93%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 972GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202645376 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8232070 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 73 60 588840987 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 929 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (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 122642791137983 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8054337246 (F2) Unknown 100 253 115536349518	104% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 185 Mixed 140 125% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.81 212% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 570GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 14 (03) Spinup time 173 163 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8826 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2783 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8320 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 32 (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 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	59.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 87.4 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 88%

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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	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	348x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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