Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 19:21
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 87.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 54.4 60% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 98.2 20% 139 Pts	64-Core 61.7 4% 61.7 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 90% 112 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 102 Splatting 82.6 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 292 293 293 276 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 432 Write 378 Mixed 330 SusWrite 291 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 41.1 97% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 167 170 171 170 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 164 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 162 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 113%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 12GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 13 12 12 12 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.73% Terrible	Read 14.3 Write 12.3 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 11.7 17% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 27% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.73% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 110%

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

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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	1,764x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	454x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
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 $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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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