Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190801
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 01:09
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 85.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 1,155 103% 873 Pts	64-Core 2,132 132% 2,132 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% PowerColor(148C 2357) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 93.3 64% 79.5 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 85 61% 72.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 1200 1339 1377 1372 1383 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,434 Write 1,349 Mixed 1,018 SusWrite 1,295 287% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 76 266% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 627 DQ Write 814 DQ Mixed 270 329% 570 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 255%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 137GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 173 150 176 179 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 381 Write 260 Mixed 279 SusWrite 176 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 36.6 132% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 155 131% 191 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 109GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 122 123 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 123 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 843GB free Firmware: MEAOA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 84 83 83 83 84 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 82.8 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 36.5 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 34.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

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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 $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	213x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	180x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 60% - Above average

Total price: $1,486

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 $177	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