Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	428% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	57.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '22 at 23:57
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$189 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.9 1-Core 169 2-Core 320 102% 190 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 1,153 106% 888 Pts	64-Core 1,607 100% 1,607 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 4975 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 516.94 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 346 Reflection 316 Parallax 353 282% 338 fps	Gravity 274 Splatting 194 202% 234 fps
Poor: 185% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 769GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3243 2157 1913 1909 1925 1934 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	428% Outstanding	Read 2,939 Write 3,416 Mixed 3076 SusWrite 2,180 655% 2,903 MB/s	4K Read 82.1 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 115 385% 137 MB/s	DQ Read 1436 DQ Write 1,161 DQ Mixed 1,294 970% 1,297 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 428% Great: 488%
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 15,656 User benchmarks, average bench 339% 510GB free Firmware: EGFM11.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3875 3952 1047 816 522 381 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2026 Write 3,718 Mixed 2,199 SusWrite 1,766 550% 2,427 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 75.2 254% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,780 DQ Write 1,423 DQ Mixed 1,548 1,173% 1,584 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 491%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTESC 4x16GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 38.3 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 40 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 134%

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO Builds (Compare 3,949 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $189Bench 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 $898Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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