Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	74.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '20 at 21:11
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 282 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 815 88% 700 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 1863 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.4% Very good	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 124 Parallax 109 70% 106 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 105 Splatting 98.7 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,335 Write 9,177 Mixed 8,976 2,048% 9,163 MB/s	4K Read 714 4K Write 292 4K Mixed 402 1,753% 470 MB/s	DQ Read 1,660 DQ Write 1,217 DQ Mixed 1,204 963% 1,360 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 212GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 291 291 291 291 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 469 Mixed 382 SusWrite 312 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.7 223% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 238GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 445 448 447 448 447 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 393 Mixed 182 SusWrite 446 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 35.1 145% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 125 132% 220 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 188 189 189 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 184 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 189 106% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 33.4 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 31.2 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 119%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,314 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,765x
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	455x
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