Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	93.3% 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	326% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 18:39
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 86.6 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 99% 184 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1223 109% 921 Pts	64-Core 2,319 144% 2,319 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2212 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 124 Parallax 119 96% 120 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 576GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1425 1131 1139 1146 1150 1103 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,538 Write 2,429 Mixed 1,761 SusWrite 1,182 443% 1,978 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 91 304% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1370 DQ Write 1,222 DQ Mixed 1,281 964% 1,291 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 372%
Amd-raid Array 1 2TB 2,905 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 408GB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 699 811 897 896 896 896 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 845 Write 903 Mixed 752 SusWrite 849 189% 837 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 42.1 184% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 241 197% 275 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 448%
Amd-raid WDC WD20EARX-00P 2TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 333GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 70 71 71 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 64.5 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 69.6 42% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 89%
Amd-raid WDC WD5001FZWX-0 5TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 498GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 89 90 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 127 Write 203 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 90.3 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 392% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C17-8GTZR 2x8GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 51.6 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 39.9 132% 46.3 GB/s	SC Read 28.6 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 38.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 126%

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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 $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	180x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: $1,652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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