Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	93.4% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210305
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 22:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 72.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 88% 166 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 886 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,259 78% 1,259 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 166 82% 124 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 110 Splatting 74.8 73% 90.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 396 360 316 393 416 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 277 Mixed 394 SusWrite 379 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 41.6 141% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 94.4 DQ Mixed 173 124% 162 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 562GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 402 411 413 406 417 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 490 Write 422 Mixed 418 SusWrite 407 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 34.4 126% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 137 103% 143 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 20 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 35.3 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 19 22% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.8 224% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 93%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 127GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 37.9 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 19.2 40% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$95 56,114 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 26.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 25.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 123%

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

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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 $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: 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 $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