Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics95.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive301% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '20 at 12:12
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU-1%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 0 GHz, turbo 0 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Memory 74.5
1-Core 151
2-Core 297
93% 174 Pts
4-Core 576
8-Core 906
91% 741 Pts
64-Core 1,426
88% 1,426 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 91%
Great: 100%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.1
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 92.4
Parallax 169
94% 126 fps
MRender 90.9
Gravity 128
Splatting 131
97% 117 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
323GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 650 658 658 661 658 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
301% Outstanding
Read 2,580
Write 2340
Mixed 1,553
SusWrite 676
399% 1,787 MB/s
4K Read 68.1
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 93.3
311% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 1,434
DQ Write 1,240
DQ Mixed 1,307
988% 1327 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 301%
Great: 340%
2.5" SATA SSD 3TG6-P 2TB
574GB free
Firmware: A19307
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 446 438 446 447 441 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Read 438
Write 429
Mixed 243
SusWrite 444
87% 388 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 31.4
123% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 71.3
DQ Write 159
DQ Mixed 71.4
67% 101 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 89%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
79.1% Very good
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 30.4
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 23.7
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 29.6
73% 25.7 GB/s
Latency 91.4
44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 2,956 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 184%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 104%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 201%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) - $400

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $1,657
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