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 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 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	336% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20240318
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '24 at 07:14
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 5 5600X-$119 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 172 2-Core 341 110% 203 Pts	4-Core 667 8-Core 992 103% 830 Pts	64-Core 1,121 69% 1,121 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$80 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2932 968 965 960 957 953 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,821 Write 3,118 Mixed 2870 SusWrite 1,289 568% 2,525 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 88.7 286% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,383 DQ Write 1104 DQ Mixed 1,212 916% 1,233 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 442%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$169 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 673GB free Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3027 2992 1743 1734 1744 1762 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	390% Outstanding	Read 2,770 Write 2,989 Mixed 2,905 SusWrite 2,167 611% 2,708 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 87.4 279% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1467 DQ Write 1,208 DQ Mixed 1,324 995% 1333 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 390% Great: 526%
Seagate Expansion HDD 14TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 13TB free Firmware: 1801 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 228 Write 230 Mixed 66.2 127% 175 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.5 473% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C14-8GTZNB 2x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 38.9 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 33.7 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 36.6 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 141%

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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	57	32	144	0"	1280 720

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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	1,586x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 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 $98Bench 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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16