Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	236% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 07:55
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 738 80% 636 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4901 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.59 7% 9.75 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 17.1 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHFS37A120G 240GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 167GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (64) Unknown 100 100 2076224 (65) Unknown 100 100 541280 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 629 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1226 (B7) Unknown 99 99 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 154620067868 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2805 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 2805 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3802 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2560 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3456 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2845 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2805	92.9% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 461 Mixed 475 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 19.4 115% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 53.7 98% 191 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 93%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,140 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,585 369% 1,666 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.8 194% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 126 140% 229 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 210%
Kingston SUV400S37240G 120GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 110GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4370281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 107923938215098 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 128 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 44 81607262236 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 81607262236 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4370281 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4370281 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4370281 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294965853 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1679 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1679 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1169 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4784164	45.4% Average	Read 423 Write 64.6 Mixed 85.7 41% 191 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 6.3 76% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 77.5 DQ Write 68.2 DQ Mixed 19.3 29% 55 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 95.7 Write 99.5 Mixed 74 114% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 28.2 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 97%

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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	1,768x
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 $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $731

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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