Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 175% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 206% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	162% 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	469% 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

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, 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '21 at 08:35
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 170 2-Core 337 108% 201 Pts	4-Core 657 8-Core 1,219 112% 938 Pts	64-Core 2,850 176% 2,850 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Nvidia(10DE 14B2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 239 Reflection 216 Parallax 210 195% 221 fps	MRender 258 Gravity 160 Splatting 130 143% 183 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3428 3437 3438 2358 1680 1724 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	469% Outstanding	Read 2,991 Write 3,326 Mixed 3142 SusWrite 2,678 685% 3,034 MB/s	4K Read 88.5 4K Write 231 4K Mixed 127 419% 149 MB/s	DQ Read 1,413 DQ Write 1,086 DQ Mixed 1,193 907% 1,230 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 469% Great: 488%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 131GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1535 1063 607 607 607 607 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,936 Write 1,521 Mixed 766 SusWrite 838 281% 1,265 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 63.4 250% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 1,045 DQ Write 1133 DQ Mixed 887 723% 1,022 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GVKC 2x16GB 5,294 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	MC Read 65.6 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 44.1 148% 51.8 GB/s	SC Read 32.4 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 41.3 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 128%

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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	1,585x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,498x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $158Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	417x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	468x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16