Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 154% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	125% 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.
Boot Drive	306% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191104
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '19 at 01:55
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X-$495 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 88.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,184 105% 892 Pts	64-Core 2,797 173% 2,797 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 160 Parallax 166 140% 166 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 143 Splatting 109 113% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$152 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 870GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2122 2206 1154 1178 1161 1166 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,308 Write 2,324 Mixed 1,625 SusWrite 1498 435% 1,939 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 81.1 274% 98.1 MB/s	DQ Read 795 DQ Write 881 DQ Mixed 816 621% 831 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 372%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 54GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 116 99 86 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 446 Write 353 Mixed 183 SusWrite 99.2 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 20.1 80% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 71.1 84% 147 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 107%
PNY CS1311 2TB SSD 11 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CS131160 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 412 406 414 405 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 452 Write 413 Mixed 333 SusWrite 397 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 23.5 80% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 149 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 102%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 126 130 134 129 132 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 138 Write 126 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 130 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 97%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$223 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 206 207 210 207 208 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 73,741 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 47.7 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 43.1 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 27.3 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 37.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 2,972 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 184%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 201%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) - $400

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	842x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	581x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	475x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	378x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	348x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	333x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	261x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	166x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	166x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	99x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $112Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	57x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $1,665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16