Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 233% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 300% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	270% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	440% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '23 at 02:09
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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-$515 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 72.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 1,124 100% 846 Pts	64-Core 2,790 173% 2,790 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4090-$1,800 25,956 User benchmarks, average bench 370% Asus(1043 889A) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	270% Outstanding	Lighting 350 Reflection 497 Parallax 809 285% 552 fps	MRender 530 Gravity 564 Splatting 304 365% 466 fps
Poor: 303% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 407%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$157 26,880 User benchmarks, average bench 513% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 620311WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2784 2574 3166 3730 2566 1989 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	440% Outstanding	Read 3509 Write 2,962 Mixed 2,864 SusWrite 2,802 682% 3,034 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 73.4 264% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,100 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 1,252 892% 1,134 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 440% Great: 685%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 45GB free Firmware: RKT401.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 675 Write 1,659 Mixed 333 201% 889 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 17.5 130% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,064 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 718 536% 730 MB/s
Poor: 189% Great: 486%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 732GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 418 446 449 448 450 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 377 Mixed 396 SusWrite 432 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 40.7 152% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 192 151% 211 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
WD WD102KRYZ-01A5AB0 10TB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 7.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 249 243 237 238 240 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 79% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3600C16-8GTZN 2x8GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 26.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 25.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 96.5 41% 96.5 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 136%

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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 FORMULA

CPU
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	306x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	174x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	96x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	185x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	79x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	68x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	93x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	69x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	58x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 4x16GBGBench 107%, 3,536 samples	25x
Skill Intl F4-3600C16-16GTZNC 2x16GBGBench 106%, 9,865 samples	22x
CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 29,525 samples	14x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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