Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	55.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 02 '21 at 06:33
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 76.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 262 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 760 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 1,004 62% 1,004 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (144 fps cap detected)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 144 Parallax 144 117% 144 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 144 Splatting 144 118% 144 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 830GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 391 379 343 344 371 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 422 Write 321 Mixed 373 SusWrite 370 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 37.4 130% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 200 150% 200 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 105%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 2TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1674 1693 1687 1665 1623 1518 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,447 Write 1,750 Mixed 1,691 SusWrite 1,643 422% 1,883 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 85.3 282% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 1,180 DQ Write 1,072 DQ Mixed 1,122 843% 1,125 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 435%
Seagate ST16000VN001-2RV103 16TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 11.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 225 231 246 246 247 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 5% Great: 138%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 655GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 111 114 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 129 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 113 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C18-32GTZR 2x31.5GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 30.6 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 31.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 139%

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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	1,496x
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