Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.5% 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	259% 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

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Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210125
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '21 at 03:11
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 80 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 97% 181 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 1,195 107% 902 Pts	64-Core 2,863 177% 2,863 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 108 Parallax 111 94% 112 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.6 88% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 700GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1135 1026 1113 921 909 933 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,685 Write 1,986 Mixed 1,582 SusWrite 1,006 352% 1,565 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 69.8 247% 95.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,309 DQ Write 1,109 DQ Mixed 1,202 902% 1,206 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 347%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$123 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 178 183 183 176 178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C17-16GTZR 2x16GB 842 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 47.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 41.3 123% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 36.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 130%

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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	1,494x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	666x
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 $76Bench 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: $1,820

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