Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	184% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '24 at 00:09
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD 100-000000031-03 3 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.1% Very good	Memory 69.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 245 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 780 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.52 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.4% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 119 Parallax 78.1 76% 96.8 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 71.2 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 7,232 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 189 178 163 170 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,852 Write 443 Mixed 504 SusWrite 200 162% 750 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 53.5 221% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,150 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 457 399% 620 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 389%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 142GB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 363 372 372 371 375 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 405 Mixed 366 SusWrite 374 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 44.6 149% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 198 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GVKB 2x8GB 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 24.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 23.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 21: 0P 3R 1G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
21%	37%	19	171	7	240	27"	1280 720	ACR0746 XB273 GX

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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 $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 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 $98Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,358

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16