Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.5% 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	331% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '22 at 21:19
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$175 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 76.2 1-Core 173 2-Core 310 100% 186 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 991 96% 789 Pts	64-Core 1,490 92% 1,490 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 134 Parallax 134 96% 128 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 124 Splatting 114 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 993GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1441 1277 1311 1306 1324 1299 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 2,559 Write 1,855 Mixed 1,682 SusWrite 1,326 414% 1,855 MB/s	4K Read 63.5 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 91.1 299% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,337 DQ Write 1,094 DQ Mixed 1,142 875% 1,191 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 435%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 464GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 466 466 468 468 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 462 Mixed 384 SusWrite 467 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 58.6 195% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 204 154% 206 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 172 172 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 183 Mixed 81 SusWrite 172 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 203% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 326GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 126 126 126 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 171 Write 170 Mixed 136 SusWrite 127 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 196GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 50 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 55 Write 57.9 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 49.2 35% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4400C17-16GVK 2x16GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3866 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 37.6 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 36.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 165%

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

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Gaming 207%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 248%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	1,586x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $246Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	468x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	211x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	172x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	108x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 116%, 1,706 samples	71x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,358

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