Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '22 at 07:15
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 75.8 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 204 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 365 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 145 Parallax 142 102% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 122 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 180GB-$384 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 78 77 81 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 97.9 Write 126 Mixed 116 SusWrite 80.1 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 21.6 83% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 107 92% 134 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 58%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 657GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 366 390 401 429 418 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 428 Write 389 Mixed 258 SusWrite 392 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 29.6 104% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 287 231% 326 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 136%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 118GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 377 406 415 440 377 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 388 Mixed 319 SusWrite 398 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 40 129% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 204 196% 310 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 134%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 108 115 114 111 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 111 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 83%
Maxtor 6L250S0 2TB 393GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 152 150 151 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 124 Write 133 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 152 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.7 331% 2.7 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 88.7 45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,778x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16