Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% 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 85.7%, 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	89.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	53.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210730
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 02 '24 at 21:09
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 3700X-$200 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 74.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 90% 168 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 897 86% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,443 89% 1,443 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3751) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (144 fps cap detected)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 144 Parallax 144 97% 136 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 144 Splatting 139 116% 142 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 307 257 259 186 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 494 Write 309 Mixed 286 SusWrite 252 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 39.9 147% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 190 147% 201 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 913GB free Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 478 479 481 480 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 483 Mixed 451 SusWrite 479 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 65.5 220% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 318 236% 312 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18 CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18 64GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 31 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 29.9 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 93.5 43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 41: 0P 5R 5G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
41%	65%	17	100	59	120	48.8"	1280 720	SAM7053 LC49G95T

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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 $170Bench 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	469x

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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	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 $39	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