Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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	7.51% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	115% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 17:39
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 497 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4860 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.51% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.91 7% 9.38 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 16.9 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.51% Great: 6%
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 9.22 6% 8.46 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 8.09 6% 7.34 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 131 105 105 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 415 Mixed 378 SusWrite 150 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 63.6 225% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Maxtor 6L160M0 137GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 21GB free Firmware: BANC SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 51 52 51 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.2% Poor	Read 45.9 Write 45.7 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 51.4 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 29%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 133GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 59.1 Write 49 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 73.7 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 103% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 58%
WD WD5000AAKS-65A7B 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 200GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 70 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 79.8 Write 78.5 Mixed 57 SusWrite 69.8 53% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 56%
WD WD10EARS-003BB1 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 32GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 47 47 47 47 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 37.3 Mixed 44.1 SusWrite 46.6 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 14.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 50%

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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	1,769x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	540x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
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 $37Bench 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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Total price: $729

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16