Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.83% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	129% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '18 at 16:02
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 250 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 767 82% 652 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.03 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7 Splatting 16.8 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 475 472 418 422 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 485 Mixed 410 SusWrite 436 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 63.5 212% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 187GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 452 447 442 445 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 463 Mixed 336 SusWrite 449 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.1 166% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 181 156% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 536GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 115 115 113 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 111 Write 86.6 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 114 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 96%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 560GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 86.8 Write 90.1 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 69 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 459GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 126 129 128 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 107 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 126 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	453x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	348x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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