Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	99% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '23 at 14:53
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 196 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 491 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% Asus(1043 05E3) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.1 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 140 Parallax 237 94% 164 fps	MRender 225 Gravity 122 Splatting 190 147% 179 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$112 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 420 433 390 179 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 455 Mixed 369 SusWrite 323 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 41.9 140% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 351 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 124%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 352GB free Firmware: S5Z44106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 676 641 655 653 656 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,692 Write 1,451 Mixed 1,276 SusWrite 730 288% 1,287 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 63 204% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 369 362% 588 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 311%
WD WD10EACS-07D6B1 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 316GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 53 52 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 66.8 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 52.3 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 48%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 494GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 80 73 85 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 78.4 Write 72.7 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 79.2 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/8GX 4x8GB 12,213 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 33 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%

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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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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,795x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	544x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	278x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	466x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	248x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	174x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	164x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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	121x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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