Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	208% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit, Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '16 at 15:00
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 240 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 588 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4285 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.06 7% 9.5 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 68 Parallax 59.8 53% 64.1 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 53.5 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,710 Write 900 Mixed 1,129 275% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 48.6 215% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 587 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 195 214% 368 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 893GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 582 Write 189 Mixed 183 234% 318 MB/s	4K Read 1.59 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.47 178% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 167%
WD Elements 1042 1TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 610GB free Firmware: 1007 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1079 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 617 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6425 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 32 (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	19.4% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 25.6 Mixed 23.4 22% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 15.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 120%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,771x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	540x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $741

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16