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 way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '17 at 23:01
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 693 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 202GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6701 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2525 (B1) Unknown 98 98 81 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 421 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37199257507	106% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 502 Mixed 514 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 26.3 150% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 27 75% 167 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5170 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1974 (B1) Unknown 97 97 127 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 302 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45696553382	115% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 502 Mixed 505 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 36.9 162% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 155 166% 276 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 87GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8593571833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -46368466927504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 40 81607000095 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81607000095 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 8593571833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 8593571833 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 8593571833 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38654705664 (E9) Unknown 0 0 434 (EA) Unknown 0 0 509 (F1) Unknown 0 0 509 (F2) Unknown 0 0 436 (F4) Unknown 100 100 720899	69.6% Good	Read 502 Write 138 Mixed 175 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.8 130% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 15.4 27% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 850GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148735328 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5772235 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54500 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5802500817784 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16424427921 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42499425553	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 183 Mixed 171 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 814GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 65566845 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44204191 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 340 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 522059807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 339 (C2) HDA temperature 31 13 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 65566845 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 17115444675498 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6139281227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8196633995	106% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 184 Mixed 166 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 282GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.9% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 42 Mixed 33.1 50% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 28.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 72%

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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	1,625x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	449x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	224x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	407x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	230x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	102x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	79x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	109x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	107x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	91x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16