Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.7% 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	354% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 18:55
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$202 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 79 1-Core 175 2-Core 343 105% 199 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 1,011 96% 794 Pts	64-Core 1,454 90% 1,454 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 129 Parallax 117 93% 120 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 122 Splatting 110 93% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1831 1846 1861 1851 1597 1474 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	354% Outstanding	Read 2,540 Write 1,851 Mixed 1742 SusWrite 1,744 441% 1,969 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 89.8 298% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,296 DQ Write 1,091 DQ Mixed 1,164 880% 1,184 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 354% Great: 435%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 462 463 464 462 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 462 Mixed 400 SusWrite 463 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 59.2 195% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 207 155% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 198 197 198 198 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 203 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 198 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 183GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 94 95 95 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 175 Write 170 Mixed 138 SusWrite 94.5 107% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 126GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 35 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 66.5 Write 67.9 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 35.8 36% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4400C17-16GVK 2x16GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3866 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 38.9 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 38.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 165%

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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	1,584x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 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: $1,826

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