Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.6% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '18 at 04:02
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 68.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 211 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 416 54% 410 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 69.7 66% 76.9 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 75.3 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 216 223 224 210 211 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 432 Mixed 314 SusWrite 231 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 50.7 161% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 345 256% 339 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 202GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 136 137 135 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 135 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 158GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 101 100 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 101 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 104GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 88 88 87 89 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 98 Write 97 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 87.6 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 69%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 2,149 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 21 20 21 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 20.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 20.4 27% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 4.2 275% 4.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 19.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%

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

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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	1,763x
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 $179	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