Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics112% 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 Drive93.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150810
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateNov 25 '17 at 06:34
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (49th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 90.3
1-Core 128
2-Core 236
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 629
64% 515 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 150
Reflection 165
Parallax 144
122% 153 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 147
Splatting 111
100% 124 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 112%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 350
Mixed 341
88% 396 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 77.7
4K Mixed 25.1
139% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 315
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 68.7
104% 198 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 108%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
161% Outstanding
Read 283
Write 278
Mixed 233
198% 265 MB/s
4K Read 1.94
4K Write 3.79
4K Mixed 0.52
209% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 161%
Great: 123%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.9% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 30.9
MC Mixed 25.4
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 28.2
SC Mixed 19.1
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 66.8
60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,308 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
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