Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 175% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 169% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	223% 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	574% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 22:58
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 68.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 274 87% 163 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 837 81% 667 Pts	64-Core 1,065 66% 1,065 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3987) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Lighting 338 Reflection 295 Parallax 334 276% 322 fps	MRender 356 Gravity 263 Splatting 188 211% 269 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 230%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0 2TB 13,468 User benchmarks, average bench 437% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 611100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 4257 4333 4490 4569 4570 4564 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	574% Outstanding	Read 3,657 Write 4,531 Mixed 3,121 SusWrite 4,464 892% 3,943 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 90.8 324% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,300 DQ Write 1,189 DQ Mixed 1295 958% 1,261 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 574% Great: 578%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C16-16GTZR 2x16GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 27.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 26.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 151%

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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 DARK HERO Builds (Compare 3,945 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 207%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 248%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	1,584x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,496x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	667x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	730x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	425x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	211x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	172x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	108x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 116%, 1,706 samples	71x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $1,819

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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