Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


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.
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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	261% 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	46.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '21 at 01:15
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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 9 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 68.7 1-Core 155 2-Core 292 91% 172 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 1,073 97% 817 Pts	64-Core 2,461 152% 2,461 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% ASRock(1849 5222) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 111 34% 78 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 61.7 53% 64.1 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$102 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2282 1639 1373 1341 1408 1386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 1,894 Write 2050 Mixed 1,916 SusWrite 1,572 419% 1,858 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 59.1 189% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 737 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 703 518% 682 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 488%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 195 183 183 185 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 160 Mixed 72 SusWrite 188 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 429% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C18-32GTR2x31.5GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 28.2 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 23 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 143%

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

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 248%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	306x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	174x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	96x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	185x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	79x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	68x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	93x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	69x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	58x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	25x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	22x
CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 29,525 samples	14x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,665

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