Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	126% 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	234% 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

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '22 at 11:00
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$295 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 68.2 1-Core 58 2-Core 102 47% 76 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 563 44% 391 Pts	64-Core 1,542 96% 1,542 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2187) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 173 Parallax 174 137% 172 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 151 Splatting 128 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2888 1941 935 932 936 904 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,876 Write 2,850 Mixed 1,958 SusWrite 1,423 458% 2,027 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 54.2 170% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 422 312% 415 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 486%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 498GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 162 160 162 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 102 SusWrite 162 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 34.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 27.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 129%

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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 224%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	455x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	332x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	289x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	214x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	181x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 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 $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	45x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,152

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