Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	120% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '22 at 09:50
Run Duration	389 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 704 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.43% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 11 9% 12.5 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 12 Splatting 11.4 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.43% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 868 784 573 556 558 561 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 1,310 Write 891 Mixed 595 SusWrite 650 192% 861 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 18.9 67% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 254 170% 201 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 243%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 245GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1827 1895 1970 1948 1777 1954 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 2,380 Write 1,819 Mixed 1,027 SusWrite 1,895 398% 1,780 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 51.2 207% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,132 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 908 695% 950 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 353%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 192 186 196 196 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 460 Write 190 Mixed 230 SusWrite 191 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 16.7 106% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 92.3 DQ Mixed 28.8 41% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 72%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 789GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 141 141 139 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 139 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,315 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,766x
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	455x
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