Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.69% 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	244% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 16:26
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 262 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 583 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7323 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.69% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.75 7% 9.66 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 14.6 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 290 309 300 308 308 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 1,466 Mixed 1,038 SusWrite 357 270% 1,216 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 81.5 284% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 1,458 DQ Mixed 999 816% 1,142 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 297 300 300 300 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 460 Mixed 398 SusWrite 312 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.9 225% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 123 124 122 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 123 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 422GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 82 82 84 82 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 82.7 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 174 172 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 88.4 Write 111 Mixed 57 SusWrite 173 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 340GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 109 109 109 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 95 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 109 64% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 427GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 98 99 98 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 88.2 Mixed 65 SusWrite 97.9 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 25.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 28.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 98%

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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	1,766x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	539x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	455x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	117x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	99x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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