Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	239% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 19:50
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$202 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 245 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 835 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,413 88% 1,413 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 97.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.9 79% 103 fps	Gravity 98.1 Splatting 85.1 80% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$88 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1043 1005 1004 1002 978 975 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2358 Write 954 Mixed 1,016 SusWrite 1,001 294% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 52.7 188% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 599 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 546 415% 560 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 442%
Team T253X2001T 1TB 11,283 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 150GB free Firmware: S0830A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 57 40 51 28 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 465 Write 381 Mixed 365 SusWrite 56.6 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 0.9 61% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 14.5 DQ Mixed 1.1 23% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 105%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 47GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 85 84 86 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 85.6 Write 80.7 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 84.5 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 43 42 56 59 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 108 Write 87.9 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 48 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3000C16-16GTZR 2x16GB 422 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 32.6 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 28.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	454x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	332x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	288x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,420Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	213x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	180x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	100x

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: 51% - Above average

Total price: $1,773

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