Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 244% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 252% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	233% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	487% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '21 at 10:21
Run Duration	479 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 323 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 647 8-Core 1,244 112% 946 Pts	64-Core 1,695 105% 1,695 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Lighting 356 Reflection 300 Parallax 388 290% 348 fps	MRender 375 Gravity 266 Splatting 196 219% 279 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0 2TB 13,468 User benchmarks, average bench 437% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 613000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1617 4724 4550 2958 2883 2768 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	487% Outstanding	Read 3,154 Write 4,588 Mixed 3126 SusWrite 3250 799% 3,530 MB/s	4K Read 72.4 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 95 343% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 1,415 DQ Write 1,157 DQ Mixed 1,335 986% 1,302 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 487% Great: 578%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 192GB free Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2208 Write 3291 Mixed 2,260 582% 2,586 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 90.7 309% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,568 DQ Write 1,106 DQ Mixed 1,381 1,020% 1,352 MB/s
Poor: 189% Great: 486%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 280GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2091 2094 2096 2096 2096 2077 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	354% Outstanding	Read 2,371 Write 1,974 Mixed 1,006 SusWrite 2,092 417% 1,861 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 77.9 277% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 1,081 DQ Mixed 918 724% 998 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 354% Great: 353%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 331GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1597 1520 1521 1520 1518 1521 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,023 Write 2,268 Mixed 1868 SusWrite 1,533 434% 1,923 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 225 4K Mixed 83.2 305% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,234 DQ Write 1,063 DQ Mixed 1,213 892% 1,170 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 347%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$99 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 156GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 457 457 457 457 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 456 Mixed 446 SusWrite 457 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 60.7 198% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 201 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 137%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 515GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 466 467 467 467 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 456 Mixed 408 SusWrite 464 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 58.1 191% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 202 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 320GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 463 462 462 463 462 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 455 Mixed 406 SusWrite 460 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 57.9 190% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 201 151% 202 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 441 404 317 451 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 226 Mixed 284 SusWrite 397 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 52.2 177% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 165 133% 189 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%
ST12000NM0008-2H3101 12TB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 160 162 161 163 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 221 Write 223 Mixed 112 SusWrite 162 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 1 56% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 3.3 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 1.6 3% 6.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 41%
WDC WD161KRYZ-01AGBB0 16TB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 11TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 233 242 248 249 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 221 Write 219 Mixed 129 SusWrite 243 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 0.4 54% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 4.2 DQ Mixed 5.1 3% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 35%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 341GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 128 128 130 129 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 115 Write 146 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 130 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GB 3,536 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 67.4 MC Write 45.4 MC Mixed 43.6 149% 52.1 GB/s	SC Read 32.4 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 42 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

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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 $1,306Bench 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 $104Bench 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: 56% - Above average

Total price: $1,826

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