Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '23 at 02:19
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 2,194 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 79 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 91% 169 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 953 91% 752 Pts	64-Core 1,329 82% 1,329 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4072) CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 4550 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 152 Parallax 112 98% 128 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 112 Splatting 96.6 98% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 51,051 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,069 Write 2,016 Mixed 1,805 438% 1,963 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.7 206% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,040 DQ Write 734 DQ Mixed 956 696% 910 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 300%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 500GB 7,142 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 267GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 216 219 216 215 220 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 489 Write 292 Mixed 224 SusWrite 226 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 30.3 122% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 196 150% 205 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 105%
PNY USB 3.0 to SATA-¢ó 1TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 434GB free Firmware: 7402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 132 131 131 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 74.4 Write 114 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 131 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.2 130% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2x8GB 77,202 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 23.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 29.4 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,586x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $246Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	468x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16