Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 183% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	277% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 14:41
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 173 2-Core 345 111% 205 Pts	4-Core 665 8-Core 1,290 116% 978 Pts	64-Core 3,237 200% 3,237 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.42 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 308 Parallax 196 150% 229 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 190 Splatting 134 126% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$60 9,893 User benchmarks, average bench 274% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2386 1570 485 499 504 491 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,332 Write 2,383 Mixed 1,972 SusWrite 989 431% 1,919 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 77.3 264% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,346 DQ Write 515 DQ Mixed 946 695% 936 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 390%
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 370GB free Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2304 726 568 566 570 567 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,334 Write 1,208 Mixed 1460 SusWrite 884 275% 1,221 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 72.8 240% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 983 619% 702 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 277%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 107 108 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 176 Write 182 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 106 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C15-8GTZ 2x8GB 302 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	MC Read 68.7 MC Write 55.2 MC Mixed 55 170% 59.6 GB/s	SC Read 36.4 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 48.6 108% 37.9 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 158%

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Gaming 207%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 248%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	1,585x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $252Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	414x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	675x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	668x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	468x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	425x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	211x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	172x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	108x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZN 2x16GBGBench 116%, 1,706 samples	71x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16