Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER  (all builds)
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160302
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 13 '18 at 20:51
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
71.3% Very good
Memory 88.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 185
76% 128 Pts
4-Core 303
8-Core 368
43% 336 Pts
64-Core 346
21% 346 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
109% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 178
Parallax 188
112% 168 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 166
Splatting 119
109% 134 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 109%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 180 171 177 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 159
Mixed 78
SusWrite 176
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 104%
Great: 114%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB
585GB free, PID 25e1
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 84 83 85 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
40.5% Average
Read 107
Write 105
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 84.4
118% 89.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 40.5%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
73.5% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.4
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 29.9
SC Mixed 20.9
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,302 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $750
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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