Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 19:16
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 193 81% 136 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 648 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 89.9 86% 102 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 0.09 48% 66.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 2.3 1.9 2.5 3.1 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 368 Write 146 Mixed 169 SusWrite 23.2 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 0.8 48% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82.9 DQ Write 28.7 DQ Mixed 20.5 24% 44 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 55%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 43GB free Firmware: LE1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 218 208 214 217 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 277 Mixed 284 SusWrite 212 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43.1 170% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 236 189% 266 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 451GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 139 138 139 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 163 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 138 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 112%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 156 156 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 150 Mixed 103 SusWrite 156 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 132GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 74 74 73 75 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 74.5 Write 73 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 73.5 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2D3000C16 1x8GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 56%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
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	348x
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 $129Bench 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

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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