Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 16:53
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 725 70% 579 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 865 608 504 490 484 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,022 Write 931 Mixed 712 SusWrite 573 233% 1,059 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 60.7 238% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,093 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 377 365% 599 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 107GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 479 478 478 474 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 451 Mixed 356 SusWrite 477 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 49.9 180% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 198 188% 296 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 124 122 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 121 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 6TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 230 230 230 230 230 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 68% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 124%

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

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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	1,761x
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