Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	200% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	120.4 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '20 at 05:52
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 64.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 304 91% 174 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 1,182 106% 894 Pts	64-Core 2223 138% 2223 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% ASRock(1849 5122) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.11.3 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 152 87% 124 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 81 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Array 2 1TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 684GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1401 242 997 387 65 762 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 2,072 Write 2,834 Mixed 1,867 SusWrite 642 417% 1,854 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 46.5 163% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 670 DQ Write 560 DQ Mixed 644 474% 625 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 413%
Amd-raid Array 1 2TB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 493GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 324 320 315 314 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 498 Write 343 Mixed 410 SusWrite 317 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 31.2 110% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 146 113% 155 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 546%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL32G36C16U4B.M16FB1 4x31.8GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 31 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 28.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 153%

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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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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 2,967 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $246Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	842x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	580x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	474x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	378x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	347x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	333x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	261x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,663

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16