Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 133%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 165%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics133% 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 Drive281% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200120
Uptime5 Days
Run DateMay 13 '20 at 09:41
Run Duration229 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X-$495
AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
98.5% Outstanding
Memory 88
1-Core 151
2-Core 302
98% 180 Pts
4-Core 584
8-Core 1,193
104% 888 Pts
64-Core 2,888
179% 2,888 Pts
Poor: 79%
This bench: 98.5%
Great: 97%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 187
Reflection 202
Parallax 183
152% 191 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 184
Splatting 132
120% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE6500GTTD 500GB
376GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EGFM11.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2366 1003 462 440 462 480 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
281% Outstanding
Read 2,262
Write 2,396
Mixed 1,948
SusWrite 869
419% 1,869 MB/s
4K Read 56.9
4K Write 165
4K Mixed 72.4
266% 98.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,394
DQ Write 1103
DQ Mixed 1,273
946% 1,257 MB/s
Poor: 148%
This bench: 281%
Great: 391%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150
374GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 432 423 443 442 423 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 239
Mixed 298
SusWrite 436
82% 368 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 52.7
177% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 217
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 166
134% 189 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 111%
Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226
387GB free
Firmware: X41100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 290 201 183 225 220 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
72.8% Very good
Read 426
Write 357
Mixed 223
SusWrite 245
70% 313 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 82.9
4K Mixed 21.8
107% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 99.1
102% 167 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
37GB free
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,963
Write 1,477
Mixed 597
296% 1,346 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 57.6
218% 82.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1084
DQ Write 1291
DQ Mixed 751
687% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot Memory 3600 C17 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
111% Outstanding
MC Read 47.2
MC Write 40.5
MC Mixed 36.5
118% 41.4 GB/s
SC Read 26.6
SC Write 26.6
SC Mixed 34.2
83% 29.1 GB/s
Latency 69.6
58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 111%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 2,968 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 184%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 104%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 201%
UFO

Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) - $400

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $1,660
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