Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.4% 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	105% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 567 75% 560 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.6% 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: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 89% 109 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 87.7 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 137 99 98 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 447 Mixed 346 SusWrite 130 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.9 202% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 819GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 422 428 418 417 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 430 Mixed 391 SusWrite 386 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.8 187% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 307 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
WD WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 123 122 122 122 123 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 121 Write 126 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 121 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 84%
WD WD15EARS-00Z5B1 1.5TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 708GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 47 31 65 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 13.5 Write 28.8 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 56.7 23% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 37 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 32.2 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,763x
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 $179	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