Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics100% 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 Drive180% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150714
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 09 '18 at 03:54
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 77%

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Memory 94.3
1-Core 127
2-Core 253
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 504
67% 502 Pts
64-Core 502
31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 93.8
Parallax 199
102% 139 fps
MRender 90
Gravity 124
Splatting 131
96% 115 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 100%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
217GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 272 269 273 274 273 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
180% Outstanding
Read 1,475
Write 973
Mixed 418
SusWrite 299
174% 791 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 179
4K Mixed 93.4
253% 99.2 MB/s
DQ Read 802
DQ Write 129
DQ Mixed 383
302% 438 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 180%
Great: 244%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 181 182 183 182 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 216
Write 167
Mixed 113
SusWrite 182
124% 169 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
232% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 114%
Great: 108%
General UDisk 16GB
11GB free, PID 1234
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 13.5
Mixed 5.2
9% 9.35 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Mixed 0
27% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
MC Read 32.7
MC Write 33.6
MC Mixed 29
91% 31.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 34.8
SC Mixed 27.6
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 59.1
68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Builds (Compare 3,315 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER - $286

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $736
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