Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	280% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210526
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 15:54
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 5900X-$249 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 158 2-Core 311 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 1,137 106% 880 Pts	64-Core 2,193 136% 2,193 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87B8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 226 Reflection 198 Parallax 187 184% 204 fps	Gravity 143 Splatting 131 120% 137 fps
Poor: 135% Great: 158%

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% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1555 1432 1458 1344 1506 1165 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,350 Write 2,206 Mixed 1,323 SusWrite 1,410 408% 1,822 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 64.5 228% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 659 493% 665 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 435%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 109GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 398 395 391 391 386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 373 Write 369 Mixed 284 SusWrite 390 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 21.4 78% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 141 128% 196 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 114%
Samsung 870 EVO 4TB-$370 9,454 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2TB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 418 421 416 413 419 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 374 Mixed 404 SusWrite 417 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 43.6 140% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 221 166% 223 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 137%
Seagate ST14000DM001-2JC101 14TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 10TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 195 209 187 207 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 105%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 109 112 115 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 136 Write 106 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 112 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 165% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 97%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 81 89 87 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 29.1 Write 123 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 84.3 49% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1 138% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 107 104 104 107 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 16% Great: 90%
WD My Book 25EE 12TB 624 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 73 58 68 66 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 104 Write 116 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 66.9 124% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.6 153% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 103%
HitachiG ST 4TB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2TB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 81 74 73 79 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 30 SusWrite 76.3 102% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 51%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 670GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 84 83 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 91.8 Write 88.6 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 83.8 110% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 60%
Integral Splash Black 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.4 7.2 8.4 8.6 8 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	7.56% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 8.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 6.7 13% 11 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 51.3 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 43.9 132% 46.1 GB/s	SC Read 30.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 37.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 124% 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 19: 2R 2G 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
19%	33%	21	106	6	120	27"	2560 1440	ACR0490 XB271HU

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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	1,584x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 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 $274	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