Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	454% 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

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220426
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '23 at 04:27
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 5900X-$260 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 88.8 1-Core 178 2-Core 354 110% 207 Pts	4-Core 674 8-Core 1,258 115% 966 Pts	64-Core 2,139 132% 2,139 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 97.4 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 95.5 79% 97.5 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 92.9 74% 89.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 23,469 User benchmarks, average bench 437% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 620281WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3841 4061 1317 779 731 686 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	454% Outstanding	Read 4,298 Write 4,481 Mixed 3,148 SusWrite 1,903 775% 3,458 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 87.4 317% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,740 DQ Write 1363 DQ Mixed 1,464 1,119% 1,523 MB/s
Poor: 251% ↑ This bench: 454% Great: 598%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$159 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 836GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 446 445 445 446 446 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 413 Mixed 414 SusWrite 446 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 46.9 157% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 204 154% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 621GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 101 99 102 99 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 135 Write 131 Mixed 87.6 SusWrite 99.9 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 84%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 29GB free, PID 0121 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 31 Mixed 2.5 12% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR Skill Intl F4-3000C16-8GTZR Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR Skill Intl F4-3000C16-8GTZR 32GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 47.8 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 38.4 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 30.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 36.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

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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 $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,498x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $158Bench 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 $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	470x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 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 $76Bench 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: $1,721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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