Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	273% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 08:24
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 231 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 657 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.52% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 3.28 3% 3.67 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 3.87 Splatting 6.09 4% 4.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 4%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 128 Reflection 182 Parallax 151 104% 153 fps	Gravity 179 Splatting 125 131% 152 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 508GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1280 1183 1192 1182 1179 1140 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,902 Write 1485 Mixed 737 SusWrite 1,192 296% 1,329 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 65.8 226% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 1,183 DQ Mixed 1,050 835% 1164 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 302%
Samsung SSD 1TB 588 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 436 444 434 445 444 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 459 Mixed 438 SusWrite 440 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54 181% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 224 182% 251 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 139%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 27GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 153 78 16 9.1 6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 159 Write 112 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 67.6 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 114%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 227GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 93 89 89 90 94 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 78.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 90.4 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 69%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 167 182 177 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 166 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 176 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 243% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,799 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 30.2 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 28.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 112%

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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	1,766x
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	455x
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

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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