Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210526
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '21 at 22:14
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 82.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 1,058 94% 797 Pts	64-Core 2,605 161% 2,605 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6900-XT-$1,000 16,057 User benchmarks, average bench 195% Asus(1043 04FC) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 56.1 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 445 46% 183 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 158 Splatting 230 127% 142 fps
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 209%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 416GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1325 1179 584 554 502 446 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,416 Write 1,340 Mixed 738 SusWrite 765 238% 1,065 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 47.9 163% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 658 DQ Mixed 609 454% 597 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 254%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$169 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2717 2775 2684 2114 2686 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 1,862 Write 2,672 Mixed 2,436 SusWrite 2,595 543% 2,391 MB/s	4K Read 71.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 70 262% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Mixed 535 486% 546 MB/s
Poor: 283% Great: 526%
Amd-raid Array 3 4TB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 2.6 17 17 11 9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Write 60.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 13.4 18% 25.5 MB/s	4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 139% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 196%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 4x8GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 47 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 36.3 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 32.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

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

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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	1,586x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $250Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,497x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	415x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	676x
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 $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	731x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	426x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,308

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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