Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). 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	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 10:53
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 667 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 158 Parallax 170 141% 167 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 168 Splatting 118 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7923 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1754 (A6) Unknown 100 100 175 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 414 (A9) Unknown 100 100 340 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 287 (AE) Unknown 100 100 380 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 37 158914707487 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2360 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 74712 (F1) Unknown 253 253 33899 (F2) Unknown 253 253 36081 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	72.5% Very good	Read 403 Write 252 Mixed 258 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 20.9 106% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 44.4 79% 157 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 99%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 272GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 179 2 (03) Spinup time 112 102 7400 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5819 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3651 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 860 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 111 111 269142 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	55.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 92.3 Mixed 85.7 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 90GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 173 167 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3467 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2389 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 495 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 250655 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 101 Mixed 75.1 67% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 4x4GB 1,465 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 101%

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Desktop 87%

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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	1,764x
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 $40Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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