Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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.
Boot Drive	364% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220426
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '23 at 01:09
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 178 2-Core 350 108% 204 Pts	4-Core 692 8-Core 1,322 120% 1,007 Pts	64-Core 2,722 168% 2,722 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4090-$1,790 25,956 User benchmarks, average bench 370% Gigabyte(1458 40E4) ≥ 4GB; GV-N4090AERO OC-24GD CLim: 3120 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 546.17 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 592 Reflection 572 Parallax 786 482% 650 fps	Gravity 565 Splatting 299 364% 432 fps
Poor: 303% Great: 407%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Wd_black SN850 NVMe 1TB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 420% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 611100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2138 2263 1337 661 686 551 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	364% Outstanding	Read 3,370 Write 2,407 Mixed 2,444 SusWrite 1,273 530% 2,373 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 85.1 293% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,638 DQ Write 1,092 DQ Mixed 1,349 1,011% 1,360 MB/s
Poor: 260% ↑ This bench: 364% Great: 604%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 449 450 449 450 450 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 425 Mixed 437 SusWrite 449 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 51.5 167% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 220 166% 222 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 178 179 178 177 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 133 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 178 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4000 C16 4x8GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 55 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 42.1 133% 46.5 GB/s	SC Read 29.1 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 38.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 145%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 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
0%	0%	0	71	59	360	24.5"	1920 1080	DELA1B5 Dell AW2521H

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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 $199Bench 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	470x

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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