Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics72.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive245% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190909
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateOct 30 '19 at 19:18
Run Duration178 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
97.8% Outstanding
Memory 80.9
1-Core 158
2-Core 312
98% 183 Pts
4-Core 614
8-Core 1,183
107% 898 Pts
64-Core 2,143
133% 2,143 Pts
Poor: 80%
This bench: 97.8%
Great: 97%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Lighting 96.5
Reflection 85.3
Parallax 74.5
79% 85.5 fps
MRender 71.1
Gravity 78
Splatting 73.7
61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
392GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1664 1088 775 775 776 769 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
245% Outstanding
Read 1445
Write 1,486
Mixed 1,083
SusWrite 975
280% 1,247 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 67.1
225% 83.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,390
DQ Write 1,199
DQ Mixed 1246
947% 1,278 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 245%
Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275
1TB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 306 290 279 273 277 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
72% Very good
Read 309
Write 257
Mixed 225
SusWrite 291
61% 271 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 59.1
4K Mixed 32.7
105% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 218
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 192
147% 198 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 72%
Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
99GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 306 290 279 273 275 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
72.8% Very good
Read 295
Write 266
Mixed 255
SusWrite 291
62% 277 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 57.6
4K Mixed 32.6
110% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 200
150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 134%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231
1.5TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 117 117 118 119 125 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
63.5% Good
Read 100
Write 113
Mixed 78
SusWrite 120
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
239% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 142 142 139 140 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
60.6% Good
Read 72
Write 107
Mixed 54
SusWrite 138
68% 92.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.5
153% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
122% Outstanding
MC Read 50.3
MC Write 44.7
MC Mixed 43
131% 46 GB/s
SC Read 27.4
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 39
89% 31 GB/s
Latency 79
51% 79 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 2,960 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 184%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 104%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 201%
UFO

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $1,378
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