Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '20 at 08:11
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 494 67% 497 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.6 86% 104 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 86 73% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 110 145 145 145 81 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 445 Write 144 Mixed 199 SusWrite 127 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 34.3 123% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 149 125% 183 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 90%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 64GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 368 380 432 436 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 420 Mixed 356 SusWrite 388 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 45.3 163% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 333 258% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 10.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,761x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	538x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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