Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	349% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	44.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 18:45
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	20%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 287 91% 168 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 726 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 121 Parallax 116 85% 114 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 105 Splatting 95.1 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9126 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.37% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 8.9 Parallax 7.9 6% 7.97 fps	MRender 9.2 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 10.8 8% 8.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2024 1915 1923 1779 1751 1597 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 1,929 Write 1,668 Mixed 1,290 SusWrite 1,832 378% 1,680 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 89.8 321% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1444 DQ Write 1,300 DQ Mixed 1,327 1,008% 1,357 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 19GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 450 Write 429 Mixed 385 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.7 222% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 223GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 63 65 64 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 60.6 Mixed 46 SusWrite 64.1 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 89 95 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 41.7 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 92.7 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 59%
WD WD10TPVT-00H 1TB 1,893 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 295GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 62 62 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 62 Write 63.4 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 62.3 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G 48GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 91%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,301 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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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	1,758x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	537x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	240x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	171x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	159x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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