Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.1% 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	150% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '23 at 00:39
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 536 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$447 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% XFX(1EAE 6505) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 86.5 Reflection 132 Parallax 164 70% 127 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 87.2 Splatting 149 113% 138 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR048 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1480 784 489 83 76 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 1,419 Mixed 1,142 SusWrite 496 226% 998 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 53.2 171% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 792 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 677 495% 653 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 253%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 173 172 171 169 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 441 Mixed 398 SusWrite 195 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 51.9 169% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 749GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 102 102 103 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 98 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 102 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB 5,153 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,312 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	1,764x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	454x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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