Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 06:31
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 222 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 706 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 149 Parallax 143 125% 148 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 141 Splatting 11.3 78% 108 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 2.6 2.7 16 124 81 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 457 Write 356 Mixed 218 SusWrite 82.9 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 41.2 47% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 56%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 144GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 139 98 87 92 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 502 Write 457 Mixed 185 SusWrite 140 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 39.6 125% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 135 136% 223 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%
Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ-000H7 512GB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 163GB free Firmware: EXA72H2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 641 639 637 637 636 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,288 Write 1,775 Mixed 1,503 SusWrite 681 348% 1,562 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 90.3 306% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,468 DQ Write 1,345 DQ Mixed 1,390 1,048% 1,401 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 281%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 325GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 102 102 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 82.7 Write 71.2 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 102 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 78GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 162 165 165 163 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 143 Write 144 Mixed 102 SusWrite 163 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 88%

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

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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	1,774x
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	351x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	244x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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