Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	279% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 03:38
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 747 81% 641 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 114% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,900 Write 1,244 Mixed 1,416 406% 1,853 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 31.9 224% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 30.8 151% 344 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 236%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 80GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 600 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6750383 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 219044577315 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22760 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14083 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19736 (F4) Unknown 100 100 103 (F5) Unknown 100 100 175 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7113344	91.8% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 509 Mixed 509 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 13.4 128% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 13.3 30% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 111%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7633 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 206 (B1) Unknown 98 98 9 (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 66 38 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7337314767	80.4% Excellent	Read 490 Write 272 Mixed 276 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 28.8 139% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.5 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 19.2 26% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 123%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 163GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 165 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2078 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (10) Unknown 79 121 1393021202280 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2019 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 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	70% Very good	Read 133 Write 111 Mixed 122 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 256GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 180 6266 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3873 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1212 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 16 16 553134 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 36 (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	39.2% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 81.7 Mixed 66.2 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.12 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 135 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4264 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1125 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 214387 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 33 (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 200 197 455 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 97.3 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 100 Write 94.5 Mixed 69.3 110% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 53%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 252 Write 160 Mixed 182 238% 198 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 4.68 577% 9.55 MB/s	DQ Read 13.3 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 4.68 604% 9.85 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 104%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,765x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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