Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	165% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211214
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '22 at 00:21
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X-$149 15,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 70.9 1-Core 164 2-Core 316 97% 184 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 887 84% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,386 86% 1,386 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6750-XT 3,410 User benchmarks, average bench 129% Asus(1043 05E7) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.7.1 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 137 Parallax 312 119% 198 fps	MRender 243 Gravity 153 Splatting 207 164% 201 fps
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBA3V0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 5,585 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1363 776 543 248 240 220 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,520 Write 1,554 Mixed 1,277 SusWrite 565 276% 1,229 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 46.8 146% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 195 232% 430 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 274%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 330GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 46 51 27 42 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 54.8 Write 70.7 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 39 37% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 86%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 381GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 52 52 51 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 69.3 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 51.3 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 51%
Apple iPod 160GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 19GB free, PID 1261 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	8.99% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 20.5 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 21.8 28% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 22% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.99% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB 54,117 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 22.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,585x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 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