Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	134% 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	293% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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 DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	57.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '21 at 06:55
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X-$249 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 14.7 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 168 40% 85.2 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 746 66% 559 Pts	64-Core 1116 69% 1116 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 187 Parallax 192 155% 190 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 145 Splatting 125 119% 149 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 19,971 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 849GB free (System drive) Firmware: EIFM21.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2819 2998 2926 2325 1079 1090 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 1750 Write 3,024 Mixed 1,954 SusWrite 2,206 507% 2,234 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 50.2 158% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 962 699% 912 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 438%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC9D SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 178 180 179 176 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 127 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 176 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C18-16GTZN 4x16GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	48.3% Average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 22.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 2.1 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 3.3 12% 4.07 GB/s	Latency 362 11% 362 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 137%

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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	9	7	120	48.8"	1280 720	SAM0F9C C49RG9x

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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 $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 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: 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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