Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 14:52
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 640 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 89% 109 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 83.7 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2069 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 204 (A9) Unknown 100 100 293 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 98 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 45 193274445853 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 794 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25748 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10701 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8544 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	89% Excellent	Read 411 Write 408 Mixed 390 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 23.2 123% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 23.5 80% 177 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 99%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 58GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1742 (A5) Unknown 100 100 159709 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 41 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 22 193273528342 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 136 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 325 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5708244600 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4181972292	45% Average	Read 448 Write 188 Mixed 241 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 9.27 49% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 18.8 DQ Mixed 9.83 12% 20.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 135342664 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1913 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1799632 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1186 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 470876187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12800 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 42949672987 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 136670154328708 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10102576434 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21993640185	86.8% Excellent	Read 184 Write 119 Mixed 155 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 368GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127130040 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61091996 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2435 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 420544537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67740 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 42949672985 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91551522875381 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40575024274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56068545252	75.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 131 Mixed 116 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 114%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 40GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 151 1333 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4460 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2432 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4389 (C2) HDA temperature 120 98 23 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 171 Write 128 Mixed 133 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.36 4K Mixed 0.41 154% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 81%

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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	1,761x
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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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 $46

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