Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 15:56
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 704 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 100 89% 108 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 82.3 75% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14668 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 525 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36857864900
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 4TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 91252817 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 35 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 714995 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 112150186033356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (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 72 66 488243228 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 220 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 81604378652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 64 91252817 (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 -64879775973234 (F1) Unknown 100 253 653228134 (F2) Unknown 100 253 539080934
Poor: 60% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 172GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 114 108 7275 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17529 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 59151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 981 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 386541 (C2) HDA temperature 118 89 29 (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	45.4% Average	Read 72.2 Write 85.6 Mixed 76.9 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 57%
WD WD15EADS-22P8B0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 138GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235156720 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21014976 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 880 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 63 63 37 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 125075783708 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94197 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 -140737488355300 (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 62242666069159 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9702921448 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25491020664	78.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 138 Mixed 97.3 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 135GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 133 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 122 122 235156 (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	65.6% Good	Read 107 Write 121 Mixed 113 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.19 113% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.8 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,801x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-7700KIntel $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	281x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	471x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	353x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	249x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	176x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	164x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $869

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353