Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	279% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 21:17
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 592 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1375) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 40.7 38% 44 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.7 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1440 1047 622 624 624 625 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,289 Write 1,874 Mixed 1,372 SusWrite 830 355% 1,592 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 82.2 280% 98.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,269 DQ Write 982 DQ Mixed 1,090 825% 1,114 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 340%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 447GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 151 145 134 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 498 Write 443 Mixed 363 SusWrite 159 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 39.5 146% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 190 182% 286 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 165 165 167 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 157 Mixed 104 SusWrite 165 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 124 124 122 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 114 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 122 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 88%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 693GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 37 38 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 35 Write 33.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 36.7 46% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 22%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 101 101 102 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 93.7 Write 94.8 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 102 115% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

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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	1,773x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	350x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	244x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $733

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16