Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 03:18
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 727 68% 565 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3072) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 82.6 56% 69.8 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 76.9 56% 67 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 597 575 592 593 602 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,308 Write 1871 Mixed 1,286 SusWrite 592 285% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 35.7 119% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 120 92% 125 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 277%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 360GB 1,301 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 161GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 214 232 241 244 243 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 1,224 Write 283 Mixed 342 SusWrite 229 113% 520 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 18.4 66% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 92.6 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 94.7 71% 95 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 147%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 186 217 218 216 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 168 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 204 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.7 324% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 167%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 127 127 125 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 126 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 32.2 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 30.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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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	1,768x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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