Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.1% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 13:34
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	86%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 151 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 329 37% 288 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 139 Parallax 124 107% 132 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 93 Splatting 66.6 72% 91.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1892 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 664 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 59 53 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8369471598	115% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 403 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.5 187% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 103 128% 229 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168761304 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4316317547 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2112 (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 61 53 655753255 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62422 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 42949672999 (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 -34939558950088 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11199702021 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12641678923	85.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 141 Mixed 148 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.21 55% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6070 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6060 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 37 (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	48.9% Average	Read 93.1 Write 77.2 Mixed 57.4 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 51%
WD Black 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$50 8,525 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 19GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 140 1783 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4965 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2341 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60395 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.6% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 86.5 Mixed 85.3 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 113%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,766x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $177	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