Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 182% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% 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	333% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '21 at 18:14
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 173 2-Core 344 110% 205 Pts	4-Core 665 8-Core 1314 117% 990 Pts	64-Core 3,218 199% 3,218 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 200 Parallax 193 149% 192 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 192 Splatting 132 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1439 1080 1105 1126 1097 1039 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,550 Write 2,442 Mixed 1,796 SusWrite 1,148 444% 1,984 MB/s	4K Read 69.5 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 98.5 331% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,382 DQ Write 1,214 DQ Mixed 1291 970% 1,296 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 373GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 458 459 459 459 459 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 455 Mixed 406 SusWrite 458 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 45.9 160% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 202 152% 203 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 142 142 143 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 137 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 141 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 1,213 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 2.2 3 3 3 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.52% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 3 Mixed 4 SusWrite 2.7 7% 6.85 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-4000 2x8GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	MC Read 66.3 MC Write 51.2 MC Mixed 48.7 158% 55.4 GB/s	SC Read 34.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 42.9 100% 35.2 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 137%

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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 $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	457x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	333x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	289x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	227x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	216x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	181x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	185x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	101x

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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,550

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16