Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	361% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '20 at 12:02
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$515 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 61.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 89% 171 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 1,169 104% 882 Pts	64-Core 2,848 176% 2,848 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 144 Parallax 127 112% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 885GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2237 2314 1527 1525 1536 1529 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	361% Outstanding	Read 2,635 Write 2,558 Mixed 1933 SusWrite 1778 500% 2,226 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 91.2 303% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,270 DQ Write 1,097 DQ Mixed 1,177 884% 1,181 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 361% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 807GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1468 1482 1470 1461 1473 1471 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2346 Write 1,501 Mixed 773 SusWrite 1,471 339% 1,523 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 60.2 223% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,351 DQ Write 1,235 DQ Mixed 1,207 929% 1,264 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 410%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 28GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 137 Write 72.9 Mixed 54.4 98% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.4 156% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 111%
WD My Passport 2627 5TB 4,990 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4.5TB free, PID 2627 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 16 Write 13.4 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 37.7 31% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.5 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-8GTRS 4x8GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 22.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 123 33% 123 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 138%

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 2,960 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 184%

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Desktop 104%

UFO

Workstation 201%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) - $400

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	841x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	580x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	471x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	376x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	347x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	333x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	261x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	164x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	166x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	99x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	57x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16