Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	83.8% 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	365% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '21 at 00:33
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 89.6 1-Core 168 2-Core 329 105% 196 Pts	4-Core 649 8-Core 1,237 112% 943 Pts	64-Core 3159 196% 3159 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6900-XT-$1,000 16,057 User benchmarks, average bench 195% XFX(1EAE 6905) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 262 Parallax 573 0% 278 fps	MRender 401 Gravity 208 Splatting 301 246% 303 fps
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 209%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 715GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2311 2317 2306 2335 2328 2334 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	365% Outstanding	Read 1,784 Write 2,371 Mixed 1,937 SusWrite 2,322 477% 2,103 MB/s	4K Read 64.7 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 93.2 314% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1386 DQ Write 1,070 DQ Mixed 1,190 900% 1,215 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 365% Great: 365%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C14-16GVKA 4x16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3666 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	MC Read 62.5 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 43.3 143% 50 GB/s	SC Read 30.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 41.6 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 140%

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

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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 $785Bench 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 $96Bench 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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,308

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16