Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.8% 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	115% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '20 at 22:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 598 80% 598 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 96% 115 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 91.6 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 426 479 475 475 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 482 Mixed 438 SusWrite 412 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 50.2 180% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 255 205% 285 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 119GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 113 53 61 53 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 636 Write 359 Mixed 432 SusWrite 112 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 55 211% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 180 156% 223 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
WD Elements 25A2 750GB 1,458 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 279GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 74 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 95.5 Write 95.8 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 74 107% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 46%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 12 12 11 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 8.8 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 11.7 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 34.7 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 96%

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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	1,761x
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 $275	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