Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 162% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	161% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	325% 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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210526
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '22 at 04:43
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 4.75 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 64.1 1-Core 164 2-Core 314 94% 181 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 1,020 96% 798 Pts	64-Core 2,272 141% 2,272 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6900-XT-$1,000 16,057 User benchmarks, average bench 195% XFX(1EAE 6901) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.8.2 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 222 Reflection 234 Parallax 279 181% 245 fps	MRender 150 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 310 165% 186 fps
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 209%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 1TB 44,185 User benchmarks, average bench 430% 524GB free (System drive) Firmware: 614600WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 2279 1486 1398 1223 1177 1285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,993 Write 2,891 Mixed 2,519 SusWrite 1,475 554% 2,469 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 65.2 239% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,000 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 980 726% 958 MB/s
Poor: 264% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 573%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 208 218 206 216 207 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 213 Mixed 98.6 SusWrite 212 132% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.9 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C18-16GVK 2x16GB 2,044 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 137%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,582x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,494x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	666x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	467x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $76Bench 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: $1,820

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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