Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


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 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	232% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 23:33
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	64%

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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 218 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 728 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 38.4 37% 42.4 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 35.5 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 518 308 305 305 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,918 Write 1,340 Mixed 626 SusWrite 414 237% 1,075 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 63.4 260% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,074 DQ Write 1,220 DQ Mixed 685 644% 993 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 236%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$32 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 896GB free Firmware: 01.01V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 122 122 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 121 Write 109 Mixed 105 SusWrite 121 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 76%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 118 121 121 117 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 117 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3400C16-8GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3400C16-8GTZ 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 108%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,342 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,784x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	542x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	462x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	173x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	163x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	118x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $780

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16