Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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	252% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 07:26
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 163 2-Core 324 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 607 8-Core 1,096 102% 852 Pts	64-Core 2,893 179% 2,893 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E410) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 149 Parallax 203 116% 165 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 144 Splatting 99.8 97% 121 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 15,656 User benchmarks, average bench 339% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2376 970 967 967 968 972 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,144 Write 3,524 Mixed 2,261 SusWrite 1,203 516% 2,283 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 69 220% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 567 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 538 403% 537 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 491%
Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 15,656 User benchmarks, average bench 339% 8GB free Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,985 Write 2,002 Mixed 2,221 464% 2,069 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 70 226% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 624 DQ Write 584 DQ Mixed 607 455% 605 MB/s
Poor: 215% Great: 491%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 653GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 466 466 467 466 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 468 Mixed 441 SusWrite 466 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 29.1 94% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 231 175% 237 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 99%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 350GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 466 467 466 466 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 465 Mixed 438 SusWrite 466 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 32.4 100% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 233 174% 233 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 99%
WDC WD80 04FRYZ-01VAEB0 8TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 172 174 166 176 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 126 SusWrite 173 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 1.8 13% 5.33 MB/s	DQ Read 3.6 DQ Write 7.4 DQ Mixed 5.3 4% 5.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 27%
Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 160GB-$82 3,253 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 149GB free Firmware: SB4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 43 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 47 Write 42.4 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 43.7 29% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 25%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 83 89 90 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 111 Write 130 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 87.6 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C16-16GTZR 4x16GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	MC Read 64.8 MC Write 46.6 MC Mixed 46.2 150% 52.5 GB/s	SC Read 33.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 43.9 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 140%

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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 $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 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 $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 $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	425x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16