Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 18 '20 at 07:49
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 94.7
1-Core 116
2-Core 226
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 400
54% 405 Pts
64-Core 446
28% 446 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
78.2% Very good
Lighting 100
Reflection 91.8
Parallax 84.8
82% 92.3 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 82.5
Splatting 78.5
71% 88.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02D0Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 6,579
Write 7,682
Mixed 6555
1,555% 6,939 MB/s
4K Read 409
4K Write 362
4K Mixed 370
1,286% 380 MB/s
DQ Read 1,566
DQ Write 1,564
DQ Mixed 1,589
1,187% 1,573 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 87%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB
856GB free
Firmware: 03.00C09
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 110 109 107 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
64.7% Good
Read 117
Write 102
Mixed 69.6
SusWrite 108
73% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
163GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 78 77 75 77 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
47% Average
Read 86.3
Write 84.7
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 77.4
57% 77.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 47%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 37.5
MC Write 40.3
MC Mixed 35.1
108% 37.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 29.8
86% 30 GB/s
Latency 57.9
69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 104%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,315 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $736
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