Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	516% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 10:17
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 170 2-Core 337 108% 201 Pts	4-Core 658 8-Core 1284 115% 971 Pts	64-Core 2,899 179% 2,899 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 111 89% 114 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 109 Splatting 109 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus 2TB 2,050 User benchmarks, average bench 418% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT4P1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5221 5347 5355 5371 1938 1772 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	516% Outstanding	Read 2,227 Write 4,992 Mixed 2,730 SusWrite 4,167 805% 3,529 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 262 4K Mixed 107 368% 143 MB/s	DQ Read 1,459 DQ Write 1184 DQ Mixed 1,392 1,023% 1,345 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 516% Great: 606%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 477GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1424 1425 1425 1426 1426 1427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,107 Write 1429 Mixed 822 SusWrite 1,426 322% 1,446 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 64.2 243% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1269 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 471 443% 714 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 283%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 165 166 166 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 160 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 164 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 212GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 143 149 145 149 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 103 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 145 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GB 9,865 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	MC Read 67.3 MC Write 46.5 MC Mixed 47.8 154% 53.9 GB/s	SC Read 33 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 42.4 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

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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	1,585x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	415x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	468x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16