Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	67.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 00:34
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	TUN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 660 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 564 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1001 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 199 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 90363 (A5) Unknown 100 100 92 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 45 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 266820 (F2) Unknown 100 100 239806 (F5) Unknown 100 100 361452	67.3% Good	Read 470 Write 230 Mixed 253 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 21.3 84% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 47.8 76% 150 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 92%
Seagate ST2000VX003-1HH164 2TB 3,366 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 531GB free Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186861224 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9086485 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 605814816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 942 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 47244640288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.6% Above average	Read 85.4 Write 97.9 Mixed 91 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 101%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 200GB free Firmware: NA01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 37082963 (03) Spinup time 97 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 25811673521 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 728 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 146735562786 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 49 37082963 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.5% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 61.2 Mixed 58.4 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 60%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 87GB free Firmware: CP100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5440 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1636 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25443 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 123896 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 139717 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 82 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 123896 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 223	31.7% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 54.3 Mixed 51.5 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER - $283

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	442x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	222x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	402x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	102x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	108x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $940

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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