Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 164% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	132% 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	281% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210305
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 02:12
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 87.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,144 106% 888 Pts	64-Core 2,798 173% 2,798 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 196 Parallax 188 149% 189 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 192 Splatting 130 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1267 860 860 860 859 863 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,939 Write 2,237 Mixed 1,713 SusWrite 928 383% 1,704 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 79.7 293% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,369 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,255 948% 1,272 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 284%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1GB free Firmware: SC60 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 77.8 Write 77.3 Mixed 57.9 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 99%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 61GB free Firmware: SC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 134 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 121 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 99%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 71GB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 192 190 192 191 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 280GB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 220 222 222 221 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 107 Write 112 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 220 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 392% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 306 309 304 312 309 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 104%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 352 358 358 357 358 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2Z3600C18 4x8GB 9,005 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 56.9 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 45.5 137% 47.8 GB/s	SC Read 28.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 36.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%

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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	1,582x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,495x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	667x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	730x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	425x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 56% - Above average

Total price: $1,820

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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