Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.1% 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	231% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 19:23
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 267 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 720 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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: 456.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 83% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 102 Splatting 90.1 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 424 427 431 431 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,519 Write 1,670 Mixed 1,165 SusWrite 489 272% 1,211 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 80.1 284% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,250 DQ Write 1,130 DQ Mixed 1,007 805% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 237%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 385 400 395 389 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 405 Write 390 Mixed 263 SusWrite 366 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 18.5 127% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 111 123% 202 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 887GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 122 130 129 124 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 95.5 Write 113 Mixed 57 SusWrite 128 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 437GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 72 72 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 71 Write 76.3 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 71.6 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 660GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 177 181 182 179 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 119 Mixed 81 SusWrite 179 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
ST316081 2AS 160GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 148GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.4% Very poor	Read 37 Write 36.3 Mixed 31 SusWrite 36.2 48% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 114%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,788x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	543x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	464x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	174x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	164x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	119x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $876

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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