Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.5% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 12:49
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 218 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 599 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 155 Parallax 139 110% 143 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 139 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 209 204 191 199 194 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 378 Mixed 317 SusWrite 226 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 43.5 148% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 38GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 88 117 141 90 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 381 Write 218 Mixed 240 SusWrite 120 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 12.3 80% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 23.8 45% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free Firmware: JP4OA41B SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 109 86 83 81 85 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 118 Mixed 65 SusWrite 89.9 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 196 193 191 194 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 198 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 194 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 41GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 77 78 97 79 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 38.3 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 71.2 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.2 194% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 82%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $241Bench 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 $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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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