Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	355% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210305
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 16:54
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 72.9 1-Core 154 2-Core 303 94% 177 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 1,080 101% 840 Pts	64-Core 1,463 90% 1,463 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 84.4 76% 89 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 73.1 71% 88.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 522GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1885 2336 1474 1424 1428 1462 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	355% Outstanding	Read 2548 Write 2,569 Mixed 1,879 SusWrite 1,668 487% 2166 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 94 315% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,306 DQ Write 1,102 DQ Mixed 1,198 899% 1,202 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 355% Great: 410%
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 52GB free Firmware: P190710b SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 430 130 413 430 428 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 99.9 Write 189 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 379 42% 184 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 33.1 86% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 192 132% 161 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 745GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 197 195 201 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 189 Mixed 86 SusWrite 198 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4000C18-16GTR2x16GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 28.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 24.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 153%

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

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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 $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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: $1,653

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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