Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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.
Boot Drive	124% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 22:31
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$295 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.55 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 71.6 72% 71.6 Pts
Poor: 78% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E214) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 14.8 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 23.1 12% 18.6 fps	Gravity 16.3 Splatting 12.6 13% 14.4 fps
Poor: 9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Force MP600 500GB 13,280 User benchmarks, average bench 261% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 23 117 221 268 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 52 Write 1,475 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 213 103% 445 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 51.8 154% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,477 DQ Write 1,225 DQ Mixed 1,346 1,009% 1,349 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 374%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 573GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1521 1515 1597 1271 606 487 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,544 Write 1,621 Mixed 1,038 SusWrite 1,166 302% 1,342 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 76.3 279% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 1,036 DQ Mixed 427 491% 841 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 462GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 140 136 135 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 112 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 136 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4133C19-8GTZR 2x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 143%

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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	842x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	580x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	473x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	378x
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 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 $98Bench 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: $1,677

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16