Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.3% 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	103% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '18 at 22:18
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 686 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 18 Parallax 20.9 19% 20.5 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 17.7 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 203 197 194 197 192 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 435 Mixed 361 SusWrite 223 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 52.3 174% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 163GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 64 64 59 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 27.8 Write 42 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 62.5 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 59%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 640GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 551GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 186 185 182 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 86 SusWrite 184 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.3 274% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 103%

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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