Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 140% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	145% 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	213% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '22 at 15:57
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^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 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 45.6 1-Core 174 2-Core 348 94% 189 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 1,212 104% 892 Pts	64-Core 2191 136% 2191 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6900-XT-$1,000 16,057 User benchmarks, average bench 195% XFX(1EAE 6901) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 168 Parallax 398 138% 245 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 174 Splatting 273 191% 228 fps
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 209%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 15,656 User benchmarks, average bench 339% 724GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM11.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1398 1599 1544 1611 1612 1581 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,117 Write 1477 Mixed 1,293 SusWrite 1,557 309% 1361 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 46.9 156% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 609 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 488 382% 530 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 491%
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Seri 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 150GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 20 21 21 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 58 Write 21.9 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 20.5 37% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 8.6 356% 8.53 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 217%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-4000 2x8GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 11.9 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 15.5 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 178 22% 178 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 137%

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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 $259Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $189Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	417x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 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 $86Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16