Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	183% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '23 at 15:43
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 652 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3721) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 545.84 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 182 Parallax 185 149% 183 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 158 Splatting 131 128% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Aura P13 Pro 1.0TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFMG1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 479 522 526 529 525 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	183% Outstanding	Read 1,106 Write 1,577 Mixed 1,320 SusWrite 536 256% 1,135 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.6 218% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 733 DQ Mixed 881 654% 871 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 202%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 168 169 164 164 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 197 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 164 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 137% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 107%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85 2,089 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 915GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 97 99 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 127 Write 141 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 98.1 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 24.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	57	27	60	27"	1920 1009	PHLC161 PHL 278E8Q

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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	1,788x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	543x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	278x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	465x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	174x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	164x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	119x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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