Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 179% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 173% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	173% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	349% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '23 at 00:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 5800X3D-$313 20,824 User benchmarks, average bench 104% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 161 2-Core 323 104% 192 Pts	4-Core 633 8-Core 1,031 102% 832 Pts	64-Core 1,448 90% 1,448 Pts
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-XT-$650 20,197 User benchmarks, average bench 171% Sapphire(1DA2 E438) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 23.3.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	173% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 238 Parallax 438 169% 294 fps	MRender 382 Gravity 162 Splatting 308 233% 284 fps
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 178%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 466GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 365 387 430 426 424 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 395 Mixed 337 SusWrite 407 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 39.9 133% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 193 149% 205 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 125%
CT2000P3SSD8 2TB 10,674 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 2328 2002 2224 2544 2528 2547 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 1581 Write 2039 Mixed 1,671 SusWrite 2,362 434% 1,913 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 86.6 289% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,251 DQ Write 1,056 DQ Mixed 1,196 884% 1,168 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 417%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3800C14-16GTZN 2x16GB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 30.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 29 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 150%

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

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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	1,586x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $250Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 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 $96Bench 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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,308

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16