Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 02:50
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 510 65% 494 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 91% 110 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 89GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 138 138 12894929076 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2237 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 180389806113 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.4% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 113 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15423136 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 43435676998 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2475 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 588382243 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7406 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 51539607587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 27715423975493 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68098649538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 104226795666	47.3% Average	Read 79.9 Write 85 Mixed 93.6 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 112%
Maxell External USB 2.0 750GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 50GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 31.4 Mixed 26.6 38% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.19 17% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 29.5 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 29.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,768x
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 $400Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Total price: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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