Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	304% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210305
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '23 at 01:40
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 5800X-$202 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 75.9 1-Core 168 2-Core 347 103% 197 Pts	4-Core 625 8-Core 1,003 100% 814 Pts	64-Core 1,577 98% 1,577 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 81% 107 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 86.6 77% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 541GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1833 1434 1417 1371 1392 1361 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,466 Write 2,386 Mixed 1,326 SusWrite 1,468 428% 1,911 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 60.9 222% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,164 DQ Write 990 DQ Mixed 1,092 814% 1,082 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 435%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 169GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 353 274 266 272 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 442 Mixed 359 SusWrite 314 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 54.5 179% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 106GB free Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 320 205 175 171 169 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 476 Mixed 462 SusWrite 253 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.2 195% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 287 214% 284 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 120GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 128 126 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 148 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 125 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GB 9,865 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 26.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 27.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 133%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	72	60	60	24"	1280 720	ACI2494 VE248

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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	1,584x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 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: 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