Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	267% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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 (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190909
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 12:27
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 80.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 303 95% 178 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 1,030 95% 796 Pts	64-Core 2,060 128% 2,060 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 97%

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: 436.30 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 171 Parallax 181 146% 177 fps	MRender 196 Gravity 155 Splatting 110 121% 154 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$117 5,089 User benchmarks, average bench 360% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 1420 1548 1823 2360 2887 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 1,561 Write 2,487 Mixed 1,572 SusWrite 1,805 421% 1,856 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 53.8 180% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 1,068 748% 936 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 496%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$140 12,308 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 2TB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1378 1281 882 867 857 857 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,201 Write 1,973 Mixed 1,377 SusWrite 1,020 316% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.7 149% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,007 DQ Write 1,006 DQ Mixed 1,080 792% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 303%
Seagate ST8000DM0004-1ZC11G 8TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 64 60 62 67 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 34.5 Write 151 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 68.1 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESE.M16FE 4x16GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 38.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 31.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 143%

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Gaming 205%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 224%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	454x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	332x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	288x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	213x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	180x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	100x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	49x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	45x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,653

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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