Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	301% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 00:28
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 86.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 920 90% 740 Pts	64-Core 1,347 83% 1,347 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2520 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.4% Above average	Lighting 1.03 Reflection 238 Parallax 251 1% 163 fps	MRender 263 Gravity 219 Splatting 145 164% 209 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 856 821 821 804 798 810 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,577 Write 2,514 Mixed 1,854 SusWrite 818 434% 1,941 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 92 312% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 1102 DQ Mixed 1,136 857% 1,147 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 355%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 409GB free Firmware: X355 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 263 271 259 270 255 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 312 Write 342 Mixed 258 SusWrite 277 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 31.8 134% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 154 130% 188 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 106 105 107 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 108 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 101%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 166 170 179 180 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 174 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 276% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$65 38,251 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 35.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 33.9 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 122%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 224%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	454x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	332x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	288x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	213x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $630Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	180x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	100x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	49x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	45x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,653

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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