Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	292% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190909
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 20:07
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 83.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 1,189 107% 903 Pts	64-Core 2,187 135% 2,187 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 85 Reflection 98.1 Parallax 79.7 69% 87.6 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 85 Splatting 95.9 82% 101 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1778 889 885 899 901 901 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,561 Write 2,453 Mixed 1,845 SusWrite 1,042 442% 1,975 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 83.6 274% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 906 DQ Mixed 918 686% 910 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 355%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 128 129 130 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 106 SusWrite 129 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 85%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 96 93 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 91.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 94.3 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 73,741 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3666 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 51.4 MC Write 46.5 MC Mixed 45.8 137% 47.9 GB/s	SC Read 28.2 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 40.9 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

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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 (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 $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	347x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	333x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $1,378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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