Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	379% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '22 at 04:40
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 211 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 672 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 04E3) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 56.5 36% 49.5 fps	MRender 45.6 Gravity 41.4 Splatting 32.8 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SHGP31-2000GM 2TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 308% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 31060C20 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1910 2017 1958 2016 2033 2039 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	379% Outstanding	Read 2,738 Write 2,001 Mixed 1,490 SusWrite 1,995 460% 2,056 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 89 300% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,378 DQ Write 1,069 DQ Mixed 1,147 879% 1,198 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 379% Great: 409%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 47GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 475 467 220 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 470 Mixed 386 SusWrite 311 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.6 181% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 337 255% 344 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 115 115 115 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 74.1 Write 152 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 117 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 297% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$299 798 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 28.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 28.7 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 127%

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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	1,779x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	457x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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