Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.26% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 212 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 651 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 915 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 9.03 Reflection 11 Parallax 11.4 7% 10.5 fps	MRender 7.76 Gravity 8.13 Splatting 9.52 7% 8.47 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 707 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 75 64 154619871257 (F1) Unknown 100 100 57199	59.7% Above average	Read 490 Write 336 Mixed 346 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 8.72 54% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 90.3 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 36.2 41% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95453960 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 53 305218702719 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1208 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437387290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8623 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 64424509466 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 27406186324349 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32175392446 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52835188405	97.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 163 Mixed 160 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 113%
Seagate ST9250311CS 250GB 976 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 232GB free Firmware: SC16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179604070 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2800666 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 154621181988 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 47 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5312 (C2) HDA temperature 25 53 73014444057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 48 179604070 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.1% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 68.9 Mixed 64 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.37 80% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 39%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 282GB free, PID a20c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 77.5 Mixed 69.2 95% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.15 48% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 4x4GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 122%

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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