Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 108%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive300% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
MotherboardAsus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20211214
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '22 at 19:43
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X-$416
AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Memory 80.7
1-Core 179
2-Core 350
107% 203 Pts
4-Core 682
8-Core 1243
115% 963 Pts
64-Core 2,901
180% 2,901 Pts
Poor: 90%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
60.7% Good
Lighting 75
Reflection 87.4
Parallax 76.8
61% 79.7 fps
MRender 78.3
Gravity 75.1
Splatting 68.2
60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 66%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68
383GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2034 1962 2148 886 273 301 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
300% Outstanding
Read 1,697
Write 2,159
Mixed 1,786
SusWrite 1,267
390% 1,727 MB/s
4K Read 67
4K Write 197
4K Mixed 96.3
329% 120 MB/s
DQ Read 1,405
DQ Write 965
DQ Mixed 1,141
864% 1,170 MB/s
Poor: 144%
This bench: 300%
Great: 295%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
133% Outstanding
MC Read 98.3
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 29.1
150% 52.4 GB/s
SC Read 24.8
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 26.5
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 79.3
50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 133%
Great: 121%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO Builds (Compare 3,946 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 207%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 104%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 248%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $1,828
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