Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	197% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 02:10
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 67.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 91% 173 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1108 102% 851 Pts	64-Core 2150 133% 2150 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 4005) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 188 Parallax 190 151% 188 fps	MRender 208 Gravity 167 Splatting 138 136% 171 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$60 9,893 User benchmarks, average bench 274% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 653 478 487 498 491 489 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 2,276 Mixed 1,825 SusWrite 516 370% 1,646 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 59.1 183% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 831 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 280 308% 527 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 390%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$60 9,893 User benchmarks, average bench 274% 113GB free Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,902 Write 2,383 Mixed 1,856 459% 2,047 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 64 196% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 868 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 730 537% 712 MB/s
Poor: 154% Great: 390%
Amd-raid Samsung SSD 860 500GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 126GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 383 382 381 365 278 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 450 Write 391 Mixed 395 SusWrite 364 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 30.8 107% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 97 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 119 94% 129 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-8GTZNC 4x8GB 2,385 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 26.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 25.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 132%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	7	30	49.5"	1280 701	VIZ1033 V505-G9

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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 $106Bench 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: $1,661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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