Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% 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	93.4% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 12:29
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$163 588,978 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 (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 704 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

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: 417.1 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.8 87% 106 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 86.6 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 359 356 358 350 350 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 403 Mixed 239 SusWrite 363 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 33.4 129% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 161 160% 259 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 114%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 353GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2135 692 617 618 620 620 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,181 Write 1,812 Mixed 1,213 SusWrite 884 340% 1,523 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 86.9 294% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,075 DQ Write 964 DQ Mixed 1,022 766% 1,021 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 340%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 443GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 431 452 424 390 387 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 501 Write 423 Mixed 393 SusWrite 421 322% 435 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 51.1 9,110% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 294 2,898% 340 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 94%
WDC WD50 03AZEX-00MK2A0 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 356GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 137 137 137 138 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.4% Good	Read 160 Write 151 Mixed 124 SusWrite 135 192% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 128% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 365GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 137 137 137 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 145 Write 127 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 134 144% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 67%
ST2000DX 001-1NS164 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 3.5 0.2 0 0 3.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 121 Write 92.3 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 1.5 86% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.5 244% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26.7 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 28.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 102%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,801x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	547x
Core i7-7700KIntel $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	281x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	471x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	353x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	249x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	176x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	164x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	175x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	124x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353