Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.3% 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	220% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 09:52
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 744 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8753) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Lighting 94.7 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 95 77% 94 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 73.4 72% 89.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 988 735 743 745 745 734 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,229 Write 2,007 Mixed 1,534 SusWrite 782 314% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 75.8 246% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 1,189 DQ Write 881 DQ Mixed 1,044 778% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 277%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 129GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 330 331 331 332 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 328 Mixed 291 SusWrite 331 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.3 154% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 183 156% 224 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 97%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 82GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 331 331 330 331 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 329 Mixed 294 SusWrite 331 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43.5 155% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 182 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 22.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 79%

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

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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	1,769x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	540x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	172x
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 $37Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16