Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.7% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140516
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '15 at 16:35
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 129 2-Core 250 86% 189 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 709 69% 568 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 71.6 66% 78.9 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 65.5 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 40029096094964 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 506 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 506 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 160298 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 160298 (F2) Unknown 100 100 307982 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4584	66.7% Good	Read 475 Write 250 Mixed 288 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 18.3 84% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 68.4 76% 132 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 71%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 145 11283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1449 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1440 (C2) HDA temperature 124 104 28 (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	95.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 159 Mixed 154 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 0.31 129% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 695GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1415 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1398 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 28 (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	87.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 160 Mixed 135 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.35 119% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 109%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER - $283

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,621x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	446x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	223x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	405x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	102x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	109x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	105x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	91x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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