Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% 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	274% 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 (15%). 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 08:15
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 83.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 96% 179 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 1,043 98% 816 Pts	64-Core 1,421 88% 1,421 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 3950 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 93.3 83% 98.3 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 80.3 78% 98.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 949 659 661 662 659 629 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,560 Write 2,339 Mixed 1,517 SusWrite 703 397% 1,780 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 91.9 310% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 688 DQ Mixed 692 529% 717 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 340%
SSD 128GB 3,975 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 47GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 177 83 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 468 Write 320 Mixed 335 SusWrite 150 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 36.4 145% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 156 127% 180 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4WL.M8FE 4x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3666 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 40 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.4 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 40.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

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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	1,586x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	468x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16