Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.6% 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	204% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 14:29
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3950X-$506 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 74.9 1-Core 157 2-Core 314 96% 182 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,143 106% 887 Pts	64-Core 1,582 98% 1,582 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 183 90% 135 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 132 Splatting 77.6 81% 101 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 827GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 114 326 278 135 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,387 Write 1,802 Mixed 1,368 SusWrite 252 270% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 83.1 296% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 1126 DQ Mixed 899 691% 925 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 305%
WDC WD6003FZBX-00GXAB0 6TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 219 220 220 219 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 222 Write 222 Mixed 104 SusWrite 220 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 1.6 10% 4.47 MB/s	DQ Read 4.8 DQ Write 5.9 DQ Mixed 4.6 4% 5.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 27%
sannobel 360GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 91GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 416 406 46 68 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 452 Write 396 Mixed 346 SusWrite 229 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 20.2 105% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 96.2 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 24.1 51% 100 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 101GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 297 296 296 297 298 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 452 Mixed 404 SusWrite 313 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 57.4 190% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 200 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4800C18-8GTRS 2x8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 32.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 33.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 158%

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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 $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	213x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	180x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,652

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