Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	390% 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

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '23 at 20:35
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$180 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 73.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 281 91% 169 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 1018 95% 789 Pts	64-Core 1,380 85% 1,380 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 122 Parallax 127 112% 128 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 104 Splatting 90.3 89% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2772 1890 1870 1894 1893 1863 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	390% Outstanding	Read 2,855 Write 3,250 Mixed 2,968 SusWrite 2,030 626% 2,776 MB/s	4K Read 75 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 104 336% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,142 DQ Write 987 DQ Mixed 1,048 790% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 390% Great: 488%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 327GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 381 372 370 369 373 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 443 Mixed 374 SusWrite 382 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 47.6 163% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 207 157% 211 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%
WD My Passport 2626 2TB 8,368 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 114 115 113 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 122 Write 108 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 114 138% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.7 248% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZRC 2x16GB 1,384 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 24.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 26.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 94 43% 94 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 16: 0P 2R 2G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
16%	44%	9	516	468	60	72.3"	1536 841	SNY5A01 SONY TV

History: Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B | Score 16: 0P 2R 2G 0B

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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 $354Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	1,589x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,500x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $180Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	418x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	670x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	472x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	732x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $155Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	211x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	173x
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: $1,659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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