Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	269% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 17:18
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 550 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 531GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1316 1610 1517 1100 1107 1082 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,076 Write 1,803 Mixed 1,425 SusWrite 1,289 369% 1,648 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 68.3 219% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,365 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 606 518% 788 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 405GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 440 431 430 442 325 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 443 Mixed 432 SusWrite 408 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 44.6 157% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 129%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 107GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 379 384 374 378 376 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 377 Mixed 275 SusWrite 376 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 36.5 131% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 315 241% 325 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 104%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 825GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 131 126 128 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 50.9 Write 65.2 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 129 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 80%

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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	1,764x
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