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 (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	352% 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 FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '21 at 21:30
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 81.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 96% 180 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 1,217 108% 914 Pts	64-Core 3064 190% 3064 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Gigabyte(1458 403D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 5000 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 456.55 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 302 Reflection 260 Parallax 298 246% 287 fps	Gravity 253 Splatting 181 187% 217 fps
Poor: 163% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 216GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1156 382 303 305 304 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,992 Write 1,190 Mixed 502 SusWrite 459 228% 1,036 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 52.7 203% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,143 DQ Write 1,133 DQ Mixed 994 786% 1,090 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 889 481 477 482 480 483 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Gigabyte GP-AG41TB 1TB 9,949 User benchmarks, average bench 306% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3656 3827 2200 928 936 940 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 2,098 Write 3481 Mixed 2,188 SusWrite 2081 558% 2,462 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 82.8 290% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1330 DQ Write 1,002 DQ Mixed 1,187 882% 1,173 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 473%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 206 203 206 205 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 142 Mixed 86 SusWrite 205 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.5 298% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 110 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 4x8GB 9,782 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 40.3 118% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 37.7 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%

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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 FORMULA

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	306x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	173x
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	79x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	68x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	92x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	69x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $1,819

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 $15	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