Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.94% 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	112% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '20 at 21:08
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 183 80% 134 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 451 63% 464 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.62% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 9 6% 8 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 7.91 6% 7.15 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.62% Great: 6%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.94% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.5 7% 9.5 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 17.1 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 176 180 182 182 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 451 Mixed 365 SusWrite 211 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59.4 206% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Maxtor 6L160M0 137GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 21GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 53 53 50 52 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.3% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 43.2 Mixed 26 SusWrite 51.7 31% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 23GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 53 52 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 49 Write 50.8 Mixed 40 SusWrite 52.3 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 12GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 31 31 38 51 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 38 Write 47.3 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 42.4 31% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 5GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 2.3 3.9 4 4 4 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 21.8 Write 11 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 3.5 14% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 26.2 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,780x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	541x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	458x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	352x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	172x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	162x
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	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $741

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16