Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	247% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200120
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '22 at 02:26
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 68.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 300 91% 174 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 1,160 104% 878 Pts	64-Core 2,261 140% 2,261 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 139 Parallax 181 96% 146 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 126 Splatting 94 89% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 104%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 2TB SSD 2,666 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303226 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1434 514 542 562 548 485 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,634 Write 2,537 Mixed 1,827 SusWrite 681 377% 1,670 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 81.9 275% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,407 DQ Write 1,063 DQ Mixed 1,233 922% 1,234 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 315%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C18-16GTZN 4x16GB 686 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 26.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 27.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 135%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO Builds (Compare 1,862 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 205%

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Desktop 104%

UFO

Workstation 224%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	457x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	335x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	289x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	227x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	217x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	181x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	185x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	156x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	101x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	49x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	45x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $1,566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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