Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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 Drive	208% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII RANGER (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 17:00
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 780 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 174 Parallax 178 143% 176 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 158 Splatting 130 129% 162 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1193 310 304 303 302 301 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1712 Write 1,446 Mixed 584 SusWrite 452 233% 1,048 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 49.8 189% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1156 DQ Write 1,269 DQ Mixed 669 654% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 236%
Intel SSDPE2ME400G4 400GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 204GB free Firmware: 8DV10100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 469 471 469 470 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,015 Write 448 Mixed 410 SusWrite 467 129% 585 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 45.3 230% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,251 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 651 538% 794 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 176%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 633GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 448 450 457 457 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 460 Mixed 415 SusWrite 449 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.5 213% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Mushkin MKNSSDCR240GB-7 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 348GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 9,269 Write 8,810 Mixed 8,875 2,008% 8,985 MB/s	4K Read 803 4K Write 364 4K Mixed 422 1,950% 530 MB/s	DQ Read 1,958 DQ Write 1,286 DQ Mixed 1,372 1,091% 1,539 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$167 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.2 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 28.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 120%

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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	1,779x
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	457x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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