Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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 Drive	291% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 16:12
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 589 79% 588 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 205 Parallax 195 148% 194 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 627GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 138 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 58 41 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1385780039	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 489 Mixed 510 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 47.5 175% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 135 144% 235 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,503 Write 1,670 Mixed 1,876 447% 2,016 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 64.4 242% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 138 160% 267 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 128GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2653 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 519 (B1) Unknown 98 1 68 (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 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21181719716	110% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 487 Mixed 510 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39.3 155% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 132 142% 230 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 105 (03) Spinup time 138 138 30090068353 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 365 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 376 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 231929479217 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 170 Mixed 153 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.49 132% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

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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	1,763x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	454x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
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 $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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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