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 (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	111% 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 (73%). 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 colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 14:07
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 78.1 2-Core 188 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 601 56% 469 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 432 432 438 437 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 429 Mixed 348 SusWrite 434 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44 162% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 440GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 77 80 79 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 90.7 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 79.3 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 506GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 21 30 28 30 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 75.2 Write 19 Mixed 43 SusWrite 26.4 30% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 793GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 112 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 109 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 84%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 928GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 120 122 120 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 114 Write 101 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 121 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER - $283

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,614x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	441x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	222x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	400x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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