Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 159% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	178% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	322% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '22 at 01:21
Run Duration	405 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 45.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 65% 125 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 860 78% 658 Pts	64-Core 2,556 158% 2,556 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6900-XT-$1,000 16,057 User benchmarks, average bench 195% Sapphire(1DA2 E438) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.1.1 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	178% Outstanding	Lighting 223 Reflection 239 Parallax 514 182% 325 fps	MRender 365 Gravity 190 Splatting 280 226% 278 fps
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 209%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$168 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1990 1945 1748 1854 1947 1954 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,789 Write 3,040 Mixed 2,061 SusWrite 1,906 551% 2,449 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 56.8 206% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 802 DQ Write 589 DQ Mixed 590 470% 661 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 526%
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$117 5,089 User benchmarks, average bench 360% 711GB free Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3377 3419 3343 3294 3322 919 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	372% Outstanding	Read 2,030 Write 2,876 Mixed 2,158 SusWrite 2,946 568% 2,502 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 72.9 240% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 960 DQ Write 683 DQ Mixed 824 615% 822 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 372% Great: 496%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$217 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 366GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 35 37 38 39 59 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 88 87 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 84.4 Write 85.5 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 88.2 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 98%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 148GB free Firmware: 3.BHD SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 22 27 24 25 25 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 24.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 24.4 18% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 93% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 24%
Seagate ST3500641NS 500GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 91GB free Firmware: 3.AEH SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 30 29 29 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 23.2 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 29.2 21% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 34%
Lacie 2big Dock Thunderbolt 3 Raid 0 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 7.5TB free Firmware: EN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 34 28 29 29 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 18% Great: 210%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 250GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 32GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 36 9.4 8.5 11 12 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	32% Below average	Read 148 Write 59.4 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 22 72% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.5 119% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 40%
17 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 8.4 8 7.9 7.4 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	7.4% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 11.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 9.3 15% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 68% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 8%
USB DISK 2.0 11GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 26.2 Write 13.5 Mixed 1.7 14% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GB 43,162 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 2.2 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 2.5 10% 3.4 GB/s	Latency 177 22% 177 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 113%

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Desktop 104%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII EXTREME

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	171x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $250Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	39x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	13x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	66x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	36x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	28x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	52x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	11x

RAM
Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x16GBTeamBench 100%, 8,891 samples	7x
CMT64GX4M4Z3600C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 118%, 441 samples	7x
Skill Intl F4-3600C14-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 117%, 634 samples	7x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,890

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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