Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '20 at 13:58
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 213 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 458 60% 454 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.6 62% 73.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 69.5 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 179 103 27 115 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 433 Write 396 Mixed 324 SusWrite 132 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 38.8 138% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 135 143% 236 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 158GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 361 410 426 420 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 458 Mixed 408 SusWrite 398 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 61.5 202% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 355 253% 326 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 236GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 98 98 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 139 Write 148 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 98.4 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-3000 2x8GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 17.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 103%

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

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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	1,779x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	457x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
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 $39Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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