Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 199% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 240% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	194% 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	307% 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	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 20:22
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 167 2-Core 330 105% 195 Pts	4-Core 642 8-Core 1,220 111% 931 Pts	64-Core 2840 176% 2840 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,275 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87B3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	194% Outstanding	Lighting 280 Reflection 269 Parallax 308 228% 286 fps	MRender 321 Gravity 243 Splatting 181 196% 248 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 970 677 672 673 673 671 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,593 Write 2,363 Mixed 1752 SusWrite 723 415% 1,858 MB/s	4K Read 70.4 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 97 329% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,343 DQ Write 1,202 DQ Mixed 1,254 946% 1,267 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 451 Mixed 393 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 57.2 188% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 200 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 69GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 118 120 120 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 117 Write 90.9 Mixed 72 SusWrite 120 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 57GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 90 90 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 91.6 Mixed 60 SusWrite 91.8 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3800C18-16GTZN 2x16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	137% Outstanding	MC Read 63.5 MC Write 46.8 MC Mixed 46.1 149% 52.1 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 42.2 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 136%

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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	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,275Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,797

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 $45	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