Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	300% 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	16GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '22 at 19:43
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$639 61,441 User benchmarks, average bench 102% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 80.7 1-Core 170 2-Core 336 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 650 8-Core 1,287 119% 968 Pts	64-Core 3,084 207% 3,084 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 178,350 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 76.8 61% 79.7 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 68.2 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 67%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$60 27,200 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2034 1962 2148 886 273 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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: 155% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 308%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3600C18 2x8GB 12,469 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th 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: 60% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 122%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	32"	1280 720	BNQ8017 BenQ BL3200

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Gaming 232%

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Desktop 106%

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Workstation 289%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $639Bench 102%, 61,441 samples	3,305x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $372Bench 103%, 116,524 samples	2,987x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $310Bench 100%, 220,522 samples	852x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,500Bench 234%, 110,214 samples	1,915x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 207%, 309,897 samples	1,099x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $1,200Bench 235%, 82,358 samples	1,016x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $160Bench 401%, 120,987 samples	1,788x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $268Bench 439%, 26,349 samples	838x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 328%, 393,348 samples	468x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 108%, 6,733 samples	421x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 112%, 2,705 samples	269x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 119%, 1,310 samples	179x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $2,299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16