Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '16 at 05:56
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 744 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7595 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 88% 110 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: X412 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A5) Unknown 100 100 262145 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 64 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 710 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 63 270584840225 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13 (EA) Unknown 100 100 37 (F1) Unknown 253 253 36 (F2) Unknown 253 253 26 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73% Very good	Read 476 Write 270 Mixed 290 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 18.4 81% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 44.2 100% 211 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 108%
Inte SSDSC2CT120A3 120GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 23GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 105733505804393 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1914 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1912 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 318354 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 318354 (F2) Unknown 100 100 262589 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15414	62.9% Good	Read 490 Write 94.9 Mixed 140 52% 242 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 15.8 108% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 42.8 58% 108 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 805GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 169 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1568 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1567 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91432 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 31 (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	47.1% Average	Read 61.4 Write 102 Mixed 75.8 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 83%
WD WD20EARS-00S8B1 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 321GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 145 9141 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6348 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2815 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 193992 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 34 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.4% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 89.2 Mixed 72.8 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 53%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 163GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 159 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2204 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1657 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 121568 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	50.9% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 87.6 Mixed 84 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.9 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,778x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	457x
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	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16