Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 158% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 180% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	165% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	52.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '22 at 19:07
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 5900X-$245 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 74.6 1-Core 169 2-Core 335 101% 193 Pts	4-Core 627 8-Core 1,130 106% 879 Pts	64-Core 2,221 137% 2,221 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Lighting 246 Reflection 218 Parallax 215 200% 226 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 165 Splatting 132 145% 185 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$160 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 359% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,895 Write 3,479 Mixed 2,123 564% 2,499 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 71.5 235% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 696 520% 692 MB/s
Poor: 207% Great: 500%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$160 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 359% 865GB free Firmware: RKT401.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3628 3677 3560 3615 3688 3685 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	406% Outstanding	Read 1942 Write 3,410 Mixed 2,190 SusWrite 3,642 637% 2,796 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 71.5 236% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 808 DQ Write 657 DQ Mixed 735 550% 733 MB/s
Poor: 207% ↑ This bench: 406% Great: 500%
Amd-raid Array 1 16TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 139 133 135 140 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 134 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.7 712% 5.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 142%
Samsung Flash Drive 257GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 239GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 69 66 77 76 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C18-32GTZR 2x31.5GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 32.2 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 29.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 139%

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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	1,585x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	415x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	468x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16