Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.2% 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	87.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 19:41
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 576 62% 490 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 82.2 77% 87.8 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 77.3 74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 231 236 227 219 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 420 Write 351 Mixed 287 SusWrite 243 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 38.1 131% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 255 217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 134%
Thnsf5256gpuk TOSHIBA 256GB 2,882 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 14GB free Firmware: 51055KLA SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 48 85 45 42 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 309 Write 106 Mixed 173 SusWrite 54.4 35% 161 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 6.7 74% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 747 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 91.6 157% 325 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 72GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 132 Write 60.1 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 93.6 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 68GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 96 95 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 122 Write 33.5 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 94.8 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 90%

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

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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	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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