Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	141% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	56.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '22 at 22:29
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3950X-$515 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 67.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 87% 164 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 1,109 99% 835 Pts	64-Core 2,865 177% 2,865 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 97%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel Arc A380 652 User benchmarks, average bench 42% ASRock(1849 6004) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.3802 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.8% Poor	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 75 31% 47.5 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 0.1 0% 0.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 48%
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 473.81 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 40 Parallax 55.5 35% 46.3 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 49.2 Splatting 42.2 40% 49.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 357 349 373 378 379 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 769 Mixed 331 SusWrite 371 134% 601 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 49.1 182% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 646 DQ Write 472 DQ Mixed 440 361% 519 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 155%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 154 155 153 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 152 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 153 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 172 175 173 177 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 146 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 174 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 925GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 174 173 172 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 168 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 173 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 252% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 168 167 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 163 Mixed 114 SusWrite 168 114% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 251% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 167 169 164 175 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 125 Write 153 Mixed 75 SusWrite 168 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.7 243% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C19-16GVRB 4x16GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 25.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 27.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 129%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 224%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	454x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	332x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	288x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	213x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	180x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	100x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	49x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	45x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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