Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 152% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 154% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	149% 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	359% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 05:47
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$201 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 162 2-Core 322 102% 190 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1110 104% 864 Pts	64-Core 1,565 97% 1,565 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 220 Reflection 202 Parallax 191 180% 205 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 150 Splatting 133 126% 158 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB 15,095 User benchmarks, average bench 369% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: 611100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 3356 1532 1003 891 977 855 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 3,764 Write 3,740 Mixed 2,770 SusWrite 1,436 656% 2,927 MB/s	4K Read 76.6 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 75.1 265% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,546 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 386 409% 716 MB/s
Poor: 234% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 494%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 931GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1538 818 832 837 813 835 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,546 Write 1,890 Mixed 1,452 SusWrite 945 329% 1,458 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 63.9 208% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,305 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 342 352% 609 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 4,066 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 37.7 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 31.4 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 40.3 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 121%

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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	1,582x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,495x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,280Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	667x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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