Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 115% UFO	Workstation 151% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 114%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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	391% 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.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '22 at 18:45
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 180 2-Core 358 113% 211 Pts	4-Core 705 8-Core 1,390 124% 1,047 Pts	64-Core 2,983 185% 2,983 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E409) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 218 117% 169 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 158 Splatting 97.4 100% 125 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-AG41TB 1TB 9,949 User benchmarks, average bench 306% 618GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3962 4049 2004 925 865 407 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	391% Outstanding	Read 2,272 Write 3,797 Mixed 2,369 SusWrite 2,035 593% 2,619 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 273 4K Mixed 97 349% 141 MB/s	DQ Read 1,701 DQ Write 1,396 DQ Mixed 1,620 1,193% 1572 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 391% Great: 473%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 201GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1993 892 721 723 724 722 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,642 Write 1,998 Mixed 1,783 SusWrite 962 412% 1,846 MB/s	4K Read 72.1 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 101 335% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,582 DQ Write 1,307 DQ Mixed 1,417 1,069% 1,435 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 355%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 124 129 133 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 125 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08SHLL42-135-K 2x8GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	MC Read 63.5 MC Write 50.4 MC Mixed 45.3 152% 53.1 GB/s	SC Read 34.4 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 42.1 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 125%

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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	1,584x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,496x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	667x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	730x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	425x
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: 56% - Above average

Total price: $1,819

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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