Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.6% 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	165% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, , 5920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 122 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 487 67% 495 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

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. 23.20.16.4842 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.5 7% 9.7 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.05% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 116 Parallax 111 96% 115 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 77GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 528 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 906 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 43 184685101089 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 895 (F1) Unknown 253 253 745 (F2) Unknown 253 253 879 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 491 Mixed 459 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 21.2 139% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 20.4 63% 128 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4820 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 941 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 163 (AE) Unknown 99 99 132 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 502 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 36 47 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 20888 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4538 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3536	165% Outstanding	Read 1,871 Write 592 Mixed 764 234% 1,076 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 27.6 169% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 26.6 42% 75.9 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 188%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896829620 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1207 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1996 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1996 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 210454446111 (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	95.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 164 Mixed 162 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 330 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 330 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 176095100960 (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	96.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 165 Mixed 147 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG Kingston KHX2400C15/8G BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG Kingston KHX2400C15/8G 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.7 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,333 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	1,778x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	457x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $550	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