Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190801
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 04:53
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 79 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 94% 176 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 1,149 102% 866 Pts	64-Core 2,030 126% 2,030 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 109 Parallax 107 92% 110 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 80.6 82% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 71 82 54 63 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 1,502 Write 349 Mixed 513 SusWrite 94.8 133% 615 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 13.6 88% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 535 422% 605 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 353%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 61GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 149 121 104 185 191 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 445 Write 280 Mixed 304 SusWrite 151 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 17.7 4K Mixed 18.8 64% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 119 95% 136 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 69%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 667GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 76 64 63 104 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 93.8 Write 2 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 79 36% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 44GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 146 129 102 192 169 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 138 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 145 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 38.3 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 33.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 120%

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 2,960 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 184%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 201%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) - $400

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	841x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	580x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	471x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	376x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	347x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	333x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	261x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	164x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	166x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	99x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	57x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,381

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