Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82% 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	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 11:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 649 71% 561 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.9 86% 104 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 88.5 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.5c SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 115 113 116 114 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 353 Write 149 Mixed 196 SusWrite 116 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 31.9 126% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 95.1 80% 116 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 82%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 103GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 421 422 421 423 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 412 Mixed 331 SusWrite 420 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 42.1 147% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 208 177% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 935GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 112 114 114 114 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 197 Write 150 Mixed 85 SusWrite 113 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 97%

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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	1,770x
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	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $725

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16