Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	119% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '18 at 10:07
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 740 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 86% 109 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 92.1 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 222 141 138 137 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 449 Mixed 366 SusWrite 207 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.6 225% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 196 195 195 199 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 235 Mixed 120 SusWrite 198 140% 191 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 435% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 107%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 141GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 71 73 75 70 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 63 SusWrite 73 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 66%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 111GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 90 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 91.8 Write 89.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 89.3 110% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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