Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 180% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	153% 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	402% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '22 at 22:02
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X-$245 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 87.3 1-Core 174 2-Core 333 106% 198 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 1,288 112% 953 Pts	64-Core 2,318 143% 2,318 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 219 Parallax 206 183% 217 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 158 Splatting 142 134% 167 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB 15,095 User benchmarks, average bench 369% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 613200WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 3862 1128 921 850 781 850 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	402% Outstanding	Read 3,118 Write 3,362 Mixed 2,849 SusWrite 1,399 603% 2,682 MB/s	4K Read 79.4 4K Write 245 4K Mixed 103 382% 143 MB/s	DQ Read 1,806 DQ Write 1,560 DQ Mixed 1,683 1,261% 1,683 MB/s
Poor: 234% ↑ This bench: 402% Great: 494%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$149 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 356GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1557 831 831 832 832 831 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1,556 Write 1,873 Mixed 1,470 SusWrite 952 330% 1,463 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 81.2 292% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,557 DQ Write 1,322 DQ Mixed 1,444 1,081% 1,441 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTR4x8GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 56.7 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 42.1 135% 47.2 GB/s	SC Read 30 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 38.5 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 132%

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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 $360Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	1,591x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,502x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $176Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	419x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	677x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	671x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	473x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	732x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $160Bench 402%, 182,136 samples	428x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	211x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	174x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	108x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 116%, 1,706 samples	72x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,664

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369