Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 25 '16 at 00:22
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 499 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 3994) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G726A104-475-27796 120GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8216313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -137868450201052 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 19 (B1) Unknown 0 0 17 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 85902753820 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8216313 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8216313 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8216313 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20234 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6824 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6824 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3665	57.5% Above average	Read 476 Write 116 Mixed 166 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 13.7 97% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 11.8 28% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493907747 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4918 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 644 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4921 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4921 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 240519479325 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.3% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 159 Mixed 145 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 425GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1529 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18840 (C2) HDA temperature 118 116 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	56.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.7 Mixed 94.8 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 81%

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Desktop 87%

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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	1,766x
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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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

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