Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	276% 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 HERO (all builds)
Memory	56.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '22 at 20:30
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 66.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 89% 170 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 1,135 101% 856 Pts	64-Core 2,914 180% 2,914 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 107 Parallax 153 81% 120 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 113 Splatting 75.7 74% 92.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1466 1136 1138 1157 1156 1154 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,489 Write 2,384 Mixed 1662 SusWrite 1,201 433% 1,934 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 73.3 237% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 619 474% 646 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 619GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 447 447 448 448 447 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 436 Mixed 430 SusWrite 447 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 48.5 157% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 198 148% 199 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 132%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 192GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 447 447 448 448 447 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 417 Mixed 433 SusWrite 447 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 47.5 155% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 197 148% 199 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 132%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 863GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 122 122 122 120 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 121 Write 113 Mixed 108 SusWrite 120 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GB 4,665 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 26.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 130%

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Gaming 205%

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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 $1,420Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	213x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	180x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 51% - Above average

Total price: $1,773

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