Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 20:05
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 270 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 733 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 982 Write 427 Mixed 383 130% 597 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 36.4 150% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 348 325% 506 MB/s
Poor: 86% Great: 144%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 627GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 440 426 437 403 395 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 439 Mixed 403 SusWrite 417 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 48.4 161% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 284 232% 330 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 213 207 211 216 210 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 247 Write 212 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 212 130% 181 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 259% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M2A2666C16 2x16GB 431 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,772x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	540x
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	350x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x

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 $48Bench 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: $741

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16