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 (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 22:26
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 726 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 75GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9495 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 174 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 71 48 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10703934731	113% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 44.4 175% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 26.6 98% 218 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 131%
Adata XPG SX900 64GB-$71 593 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 33349778 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 53678501295364 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 313 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 17183277082 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33349778 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33349778 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33349778 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17903 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11054 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11054 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9062	55% Above average	Read 433 Write 75.7 Mixed 125 45% 211 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 12.4 103% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 89.8 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 12.4 29% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 837GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4295 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4223 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 29 (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	98.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 170 Mixed 159 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.23 128% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 132GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 85 224704168 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6741 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 42 267728282 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 46255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2611 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 44 622788642 (C2) HDA temperature 34 56 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 49 48562259 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.8% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 46.8 Mixed 57 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.26 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-2400C15-4GVR F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-2400C15-4GVR 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 78%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,795x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	544x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	278x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	466x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	248x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	174x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	164x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	121x
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 $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359