Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	17 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	26.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 15:16
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 765 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 185 Parallax 183 144% 182 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 170 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,951 Write 1,294 Mixed 595 281% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 64.3 262% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,232 DQ Write 1,112 DQ Mixed 1,061 826% 1,135 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 445 Mixed 373 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.8 200% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 111GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 415 365 341 317 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 440 Mixed 365 SusWrite 364 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.9 202% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 162 160 158 161 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 146 Mixed 68 SusWrite 159 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 108%
SDXC Card 128GB 9,908 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 111GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 76 75 75 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 79.2 Write 68.2 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 76.1 88% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 4.7 325% 5.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 24.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 106%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,764x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	454x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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