Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	206% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 20:10
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3950X-$495 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 75.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 314 96% 182 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 1,112 104% 868 Pts	64-Core 1,587 98% 1,587 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 196 88% 138 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 126 Splatting 77 79% 98.5 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 826GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 706 177 195 195 183 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,388 Write 1,814 Mixed 1,354 SusWrite 278 272% 1,208 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 83.9 288% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 1,248 DQ Mixed 933 725% 975 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 305%
WDC WD6003FZBX-00GXAB0 6TB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 217 215 219 219 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 222 Write 215 Mixed 100 SusWrite 218 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 1.4 10% 4.43 MB/s	DQ Read 3.9 DQ Write 5.8 DQ Mixed 5.9 4% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 27%
sannobel 360GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 91GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 412 323 68 44 20 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 490 Write 410 Mixed 370 SusWrite 214 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 21.1 113% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 24.2 58% 119 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 99GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 298 298 297 298 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 452 Mixed 406 SusWrite 315 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 58.1 192% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 200 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-4800C18-8GTRS 2x8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 33.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 33 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 158%

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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 $250Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	455x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	332x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	289x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	214x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	181x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	101x

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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,142

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16