Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	178% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '24 at 13:54
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 3950X-$495 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 70 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 71% 129 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 599 53% 448 Pts	64-Core 1,296 80% 1,296 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% Asus(1043 8809) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4813 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	178% Outstanding	Lighting 264 Reflection 235 Parallax 262 215% 253 fps	MRender 268 Gravity 204 Splatting 150 163% 207 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,134 Write 1,288 Mixed 1,178 338% 1,534 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.2 240% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 955 DQ Mixed 1,004 744% 979 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 1TB 2,531 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 68GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 315 340 355 368 374 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 436 Write 364 Mixed 406 SusWrite 342 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 32.6 109% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 124 102% 142 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 116%
Samsung 980 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 260GB free Firmware: 1B4Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1545 908 213 130 148 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 59% Great: 59%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 285GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 132 133 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 45.8 Write 95.5 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 132 52% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.3 284% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 296GB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 97 96 95 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 155 Write 94.1 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 94.3 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 164% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 873GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 166 163 168 169 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 94.9 Write 101 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 166 69% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 47% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x16GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 30.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 24.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 107%

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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	68	56	165	34"	1280 720	LHCFFFF XQ340 PRO

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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 FORMULA

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	306x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	174x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	96x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	185x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	79x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	68x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	93x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	69x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	58x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	25x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	22x
CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 29,525 samples	14x

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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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16