Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	115% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (42%). 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	50 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200120
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 22:14
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (21^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 69.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 91% 173 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 1,166 104% 879 Pts	64-Core 2,740 170% 2,740 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 164 Parallax 150 120% 154 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 163 Splatting 118 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 800GB-$637 122 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 748 589 336 299 242 344 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 772 Write 955 Mixed 485 SusWrite 426 148% 660 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 21.2 88% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 991 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 398 378% 608 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 233%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1.5TB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 344 371 386 284 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 430 Write 356 Mixed 370 SusWrite 345 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 39 132% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 197 148% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 128%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 35GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 90 81 89 86 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 356 Write 310 Mixed 285 SusWrite 116 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 20.9 70% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 147 126% 185 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 10GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 369 Write 339 Mixed 236 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 34.3 117% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 196 148% 199 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 25.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 165%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 184%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 201%

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

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	841x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	580x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	472x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	377x
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 $67Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $1,362

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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