Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	360% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210125
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 23 '21 at 05:17
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 166 2-Core 325 105% 195 Pts	4-Core 644 8-Core 1,266 113% 955 Pts	64-Core 2,780 172% 2,780 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Graphics Cards	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3987); 24G-P5-3987-KR CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 466.47 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 330 Reflection 414 Parallax 326 269% 357 fps	Gravity 260 Splatting 185 192% 223 fps
Poor: 185% Great: 230%
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6160) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.47 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 56.2 48% 67.7 fps	Gravity 60.6 Splatting 56.6 52% 58.6 fps
Poor: 48% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 613GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1855 1649 1624 1647 1646 1600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 2,639 Write 2,568 Mixed 1,849 SusWrite 1,670 490% 2,182 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 91.8 305% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,394 DQ Write 1,187 DQ Mixed 1,260 952% 1,280 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1928 1929 1925 1930 1525 1473 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	367% Outstanding	Read 2,555 Write 1,915 Mixed 1,779 SusWrite 1785 450% 2,009 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 90.7 305% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,430 DQ Write 1,309 DQ Mixed 1,348 1,017% 1,362 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 367% Great: 435%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 137GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 461 428 377 371 361 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 446 Mixed 430 SusWrite 410 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 52.1 172% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 199 150% 200 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 69GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 460 458 456 457 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 450 Mixed 434 SusWrite 458 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 60.9 198% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 201 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 995GB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 116GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 421 311 112 141 160 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 450 Mixed 387 SusWrite 267 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 56.2 184% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 167 135% 191 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 383GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 136 131 147 161 146 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 148 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 140 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 113%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 197 201 201 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 207 Mixed 99.9 SusWrite 199 130% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.3 224% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x16GB 8,891 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 57.3 MC Write 45.2 MC Mixed 43.9 139% 48.8 GB/s	SC Read 29.7 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 40.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 126%

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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%

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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 $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	347x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	333x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: $1,378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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