Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	16.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '23 at 20:05
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 654 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 C978) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 89.8 84% 91.9 fps	MRender 84.8 Gravity 73 Splatting 65.9 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,148 Write 987 Mixed 1,400 333% 1,512 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 57 187% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 644 470% 615 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 344GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 507 509 300 715 507 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 707GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 99 98 98 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 10.2 Write 41.4 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 98.3 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 245GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 102 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 58.9 Write 64.9 Mixed 75 SusWrite 104 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 67%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 761GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 134 131 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 132 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-4GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-4GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 24GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,771x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	540x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $741

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16