Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 09:12
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 83.3 2-Core 190 66% 117 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 592 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 99.7 Parallax 84.7 80% 94.4 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 88 Splatting 88.4 72% 87.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 358 288 224 312 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,606 Write 432 Mixed 610 SusWrite 307 161% 739 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 47.7 180% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,244 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 752 595% 847 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 120 134 134 103 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 5.5 Write 6.8 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 118 25% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 140 146 154 144 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905598-009.A00G 2x8GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 80%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	348x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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