Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 16:21
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 473 55% 430 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.3% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 72.6 62% 76.1 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 63.3 56% 69.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 616 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4980893 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10289228 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C2) HDA temperature 76 66 146029477912 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18360 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14627 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11105 (F4) Unknown 100 100 76 (F5) Unknown 100 100 157 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5225664	81.6% Excellent	Read 519 Write 393 Mixed 399 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 12.6 103% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 13.4 56% 117 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 111%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53319552 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27223499 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 64 386859031 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 687 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 34359738391 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 143 Write 142 Mixed 147 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.14 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 100%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 298GB free Firmware: EC2OA60W Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 228 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 8316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 6652 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 171799937024 (BC) Unknown 100 68 6808 (BE) vendor-specific 80 44 252968980 (BF) G-sense error rate 77 77 6083 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4456516 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 30818 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 99 0	55.3% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 95.1 Mixed 100 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.9 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 81%

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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	1,761x
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

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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