Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	206% 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 10:06
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i5-6600T 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 441 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 41.3 41% 46.4 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,816 Write 1,035 Mixed 1,244 302% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 43.5 174% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 427 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 25.5 120% 273 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 247%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 337GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 163 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12507 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (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 100 253 0	51.4% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 84.4 Mixed 83.1 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 71%
WD My Passport 071A 320GB 467 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 121GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 30.4 Mixed 24.3 37% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.14 43% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3070 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 34.8 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%

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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	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	348x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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