Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.7% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 00:11
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 575 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 67 Parallax 60.2 50% 62.9 fps	MRender 59.3 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 53.2 46% 57.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 256GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 442 450 406 225 156 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 437 Mixed 326 SusWrite 340 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 35.3 134% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 172 177% 290 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 114%
Inte SSDSC2BW480H6 480GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 55GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 194 214 187 163 106 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 428 Write 222 Mixed 249 SusWrite 175 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 27.3 90% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 112 96% 146 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 69%
WD WD2002FAEX-007BA 2TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 181GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 106 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 76 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 107 65% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 84%
WD WD1001FALS-00J7B 1TB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 918GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 99 103 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.7 Mixed 79 SusWrite 101 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2992 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 31.6 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 26.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%

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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	1,779x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	457x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $741

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16