Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 151% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	257% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	51.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 02 '22 at 22:18
Run Duration	426 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 72.2 1-Core 171 2-Core 339 101% 194 Pts	4-Core 648 8-Core 1,310 115% 979 Pts	64-Core 2,770 171% 2,770 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 185 Parallax 176 138% 177 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 174 Splatting 119 114% 142 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1132 1156 1172 1220 1238 1136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 1,474 Mixed 1543 SusWrite 1,176 372% 1,668 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 55.2 194% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 175 231% 448 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 410%
Seagate Expansion Desk 16TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 8TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 188 190 206 219 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 250 Write 250 Mixed 181 SusWrite 198 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 1.3 41% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 6.2 DQ Write 10.4 DQ Mixed 1.2 3% 5.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 38%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 418 419 421 383 401 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 490 Write 416 Mixed 416 SusWrite 405 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 23.7 4K Mixed 35 118% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 49.6 DQ Mixed 61.6 64% 109 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 136%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 112GB free Firmware: SAFM11.K SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 63 55 54 61 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 495 Write 377 Mixed 330 SusWrite 69.1 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 26 91% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 39.6 DQ Mixed 95 79% 118 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 83%
WDC WD30EZAZ-22SF3B0 3TB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 187 187 187 171 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 210 Write 160 Mixed 106 SusWrite 182 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 1 68% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 13.2 DQ Mixed 1.7 3% 5.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 40%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 644GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 143 151 155 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 127 Mixed 103 SusWrite 146 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 182 184 193 200 182 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 103 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 187 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 54% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 464GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 167 174 178 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 159 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 169 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.4 120% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GB 10,968 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 33 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 23 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 113%

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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	1,585x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $159Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	415x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	468x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16