Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 157% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 157% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	177% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	301% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 00:28
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$284 303,631 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 858 85% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,409 94% 1,409 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$1,343 193,756 User benchmarks, average bench 176% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2520 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	177% Outstanding	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 618 Parallax 802 1% 474 fps	MRender 553 Gravity 656 Splatting 334 186% 514 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 200%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$90 166,773 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 856 821 821 804 798 810 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,577 Write 2,514 Mixed 1,854 SusWrite 818 434% 1,941 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 92 312% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 1102 DQ Mixed 1,136 857% 1,147 MB/s
Poor: 192% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 331%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$150 20,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 409GB free Firmware: X355 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 263 271 259 270 255 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 312 Write 342 Mixed 258 SusWrite 277 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 31.8 134% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 154 130% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 68,873 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 106 105 107 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 108 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 103%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 8,242 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 166 170 179 180 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 174 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 276% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2Z3600C18 2x8GB 11,913 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 35.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 33.9 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 113%

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

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO Builds (Compare 1,917 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 155%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 178%

UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $430Bench 89%, 135,131 samples	943x
Ryzen 9 3950XAMD $690Bench 88%, 18,380 samples	353x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $284Bench 87%, 303,631 samples	267x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $1,343Bench 176%, 193,756 samples	390x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $505Bench 113%, 288,144 samples	232x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $770Bench 130%, 115,282 samples	231x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $170Bench 325%, 109,790 samples	190x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $168Bench 304%, 116,584 samples	170x
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent $200Bench 353%, 14,782 samples	154x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $143Bench 87%, 48,153 samples	107x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 100%, 1,005 samples	96x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 101%, 20,052 samples	48x

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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $2,086

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $299	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $505	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28