Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 18:34
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 231 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 692 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 153 Parallax 144 119% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 32 34 33 36 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 482 Write 166 Mixed 111 SusWrite 34.4 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 24.8 119% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 37.5 DQ Mixed 49.4 75% 152 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 118%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 221GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 443 394 371 372 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 397 Mixed 377 SusWrite 399 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 43.6 165% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 339 256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 578GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 94 95 93 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 138 Write 111 Mixed 78 SusWrite 93.5 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 210 213 212 212 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 581GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 173 173 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 155 Mixed 105 SusWrite 172 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 593GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 153 154 155 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 162 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 153 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE 2x8GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 107%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,302 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,759x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	537x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	240x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	159x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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