Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	316% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	120 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '21 at 06:18
Run Duration	444 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 3950X-$515 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 84 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 98% 183 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,173 104% 882 Pts	64-Core 2901 180% 2901 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% PNY(196E 11C7) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 18.3 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 18.8 15% 18.8 fps	Gravity 19.4 Splatting 17.2 16% 18.3 fps
Poor: 11% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 790GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1954 2255 1443 1464 1453 1451 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,535 Write 2,477 Mixed 1,895 SusWrite 1670 482% 2,144 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 78.1 251% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 720 554% 754 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 410%
Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB 13,576 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 846GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1555 837 837 831 836 838 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,559 Write 1,655 Mixed 1,361 SusWrite 956 311% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 68.6 229% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,021 DQ Write 843 DQ Mixed 925 695% 930 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 280%
WDC WD140EDFZ-11A0VA0 14TB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 13TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 215 195 199 205 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 208 Write 224 Mixed 152 SusWrite 205 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 1 15% 5.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 9.3 DQ Mixed 6.6 5% 5.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 26%
WDC WD140EDFZ-11A0VA0 14TB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 13TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 214 201 207 202 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 199 Write 211 Mixed 140 SusWrite 205 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 0.9 17% 5.97 MB/s	DQ Read 1.7 DQ Write 5.7 DQ Mixed 4.6 3% 4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 26%
Intel SSDPE2KE016T8 1.5TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 3TB free Firmware: VDV10152 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3699 3733 3742 3742 3752 3672 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	358% Outstanding	Read 1,151 Write 2,127 Mixed 1,705 SusWrite 3,723 498% 2,177 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 46.6 184% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 664 494% 646 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 358% Great: 292%
Intel SSDSC2KG019T8 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: XCV10132 SusWrite @10s intervals: 676 695 711 749 748 750 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 69% Great: 94%
Toshiba HDWR11A 10TB 812 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 240 240 240 241 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 235 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 239 139% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 135%
WD WD140EDFZ-11A0VA 14TB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 206 208 205 202 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 196 Mixed 140 SusWrite 205 136% 184 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 3.1 747% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 116%
Seagate ST18000NM000J-2TV103 18TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3TB free Firmware: SN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 270 272 272 272 272 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 10% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C18-32GVK 4x31.8GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 49.8 MC Write 45.5 MC Mixed 44.9 134% 46.7 GB/s	SC Read 28.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 43.7 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 2,960 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 $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	841x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	580x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	471x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	376x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,375Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	359x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	347x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	333x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	261x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	164x

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 $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	57x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $1,378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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