Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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 FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201119
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 23:07
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	HRV-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 3950X-$506 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 88 1-Core 150 2-Core 302 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 1,198 106% 900 Pts	64-Core 2,887 179% 2,887 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 69.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 66.8 57% 81.6 fps	Gravity 68 Splatting 57.9 55% 63 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,990 Write 1,249 Mixed 683 287% 1,307 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 54.9 182% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 990 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 192 262% 499 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 375GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2130 2128 2126 2119 2106 2100 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	344% Outstanding	Read 2,702 Write 2,143 Mixed 1,448 SusWrite 2,118 471% 2,103 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 72.7 241% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,091 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 516 430% 643 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 344% Great: 393%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 215GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 116 118 117 120 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 117 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 168 171 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 165 Write 166 Mixed 118 SusWrite 168 209% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB 4,471 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 38.2 125% 43.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 37.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 128%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 248%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	306x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	172x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	96x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	185x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	78x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	68x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	91x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	69x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	58x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	25x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	22x
CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 29,525 samples	14x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $1,820

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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