Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	52.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201119
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '21 at 20:54
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3900X-$375 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 88.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 1,135 103% 865 Pts	64-Core 2,147 133% 2,147 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 123 Parallax 163 87% 131 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 112 Splatting 81.9 79% 98.2 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$90 78,573 User benchmarks, average bench 338% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 6,903 Write 7,578 Mixed 7,774 1,664% 7,418 MB/s	4K Read 282 4K Write 240 4K Mixed 264 893% 262 MB/s	DQ Read 1,801 DQ Write 942 DQ Mixed 1,224 949% 1,322 MB/s
Poor: 210% Great: 429%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 110GB free Firmware: R211 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 8,164 Write 9,203 Mixed 8,772 1,954% 8,713 MB/s	4K Read 300 4K Write 276 4K Mixed 286 967% 288 MB/s	DQ Read 1,379 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 1,063 810% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 81%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 7,895 Write 8,656 Mixed 8,342 1,860% 8,298 MB/s	4K Read 301 4K Write 263 4K Mixed 276 950% 280 MB/s	DQ Read 1,407 DQ Write 847 DQ Mixed 1,034 795% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 565GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 389 380 372 380 377 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 65% Great: 117%
WDC WDS100T2B0C 1TB 8,724 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 657GB free Firmware: 211210WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 7,856 Write 8,302 Mixed 7,909 1,796% 8,023 MB/s	4K Read 308 4K Write 282 4K Mixed 291 990% 294 MB/s	DQ Read 1,868 DQ Write 993 DQ Mixed 1248 976% 1,370 MB/s
Poor: 137% Great: 269%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 106GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 80 74 75 83 79 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC Skill Intl F4-3600C18-16GTZN Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC Skill Intl F4-3600C18-16GTZN 64GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	121% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 42.8 129% 45 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 40 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 121% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 132%

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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 $241Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	457x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $355Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	337x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $375Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	292x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,000Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	228x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	218x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	181x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	187x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	156x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $165Bench 402%, 182,136 samples	101x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	101x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	50x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $108Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	46x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,347

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