Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 14:20
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 785 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2161 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 71.7 66% 78.1 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 75 Splatting 78 63% 76.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 473 514 475 517 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,597 Write 2147 Mixed 1,614 SusWrite 537 332% 1,474 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 62.5 252% 97.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,451 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 564 546% 887 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 262%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 114GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 180 185 179 185 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 484 Mixed 359 SusWrite 217 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 54.3 194% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 247 211% 311 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 205GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 85 SusWrite 87.1 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 184 184 183 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 135 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 182 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 27.9 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 97%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,764x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	454x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

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

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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