Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	84.2% 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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 10:11
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 727 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 103 92% 111 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 92.4 78% 96 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9259 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2206 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 232 (A9) Unknown 100 100 293 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 127 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 45 193274380314 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1047 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 33303 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15357 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11185 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	84.2% Excellent	Read 438 Write 435 Mixed 362 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 12.3 106% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 11.7 67% 153 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 99%
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 29GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3814 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1875 (A5) Unknown 100 100 170524 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 80 20 193273528340 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 143 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 326 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6052867661 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4752472715	41.8% Average	Read 436 Write 183 Mixed 254 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 9.09 42% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 5.19 7% 11.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$64 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 165763952 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1972230 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1322 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 59 336592916 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15629 (C2) HDA temperature 20 41 42949672980 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -9796820399322 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10397139420 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22304299714	94.4% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 139 Mixed 119 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 461GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205924152 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68771303 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2572 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 79 54 353435669 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71302 (C2) HDA temperature 21 46 42949672981 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -25589415143024 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42380915693 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66534142043	83.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 134 Mixed 128 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 122GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 151 1275 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5067 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4991 (C2) HDA temperature 123 98 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 149 Mixed 128 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.68 4K Mixed 0.42 157% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 81%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,319 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,769x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	171x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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