Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 01:08
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 700 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 379 240 122 147 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 408 Write 339 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 232 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 17.5 67% 17.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 64GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 140 143 134 153 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 307 Write 200 Mixed 239 SusWrite 145 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 35.4 150% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 38 53% 96.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 142 Write 111 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 0.7 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 87%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 148 Write 140 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 81.6 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 268GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 60 60 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 73 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 59.1 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $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) $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