Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	426% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 04:51
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 86% 160 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 1,057 94% 797 Pts	64-Core 1,356 84% 1,356 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6251) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 35.9 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 37.7 29% 38 fps	Gravity 37.6 Splatting 26.8 28% 32.2 fps
Poor: 27% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$164 35,257 User benchmarks, average bench 314% 836GB free (System drive) Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 3480 3694 3735 3765 3616 3759 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	426% Outstanding	Read 2,120 Write 3,554 Mixed 2,288 SusWrite 3,675 662% 2,909 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 75.6 247% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 771 DQ Mixed 911 674% 894 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 426% Great: 472%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2513 2230 1508 1538 1534 1543 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	347% Outstanding	Read 2,611 Write 2,495 Mixed 1,924 SusWrite 1,811 496% 2,210 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 88.4 293% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 836 DQ Mixed 916 686% 915 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 347% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 204GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 441 440 441 440 441 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 446 Mixed 387 SusWrite 440 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 56.4 185% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 203 152% 204 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 90 90 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 75.9 Write 76.4 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 89 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 88%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 166 166 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 116 Mixed 28 SusWrite 165 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 350% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 158 161 157 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 158 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 330% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 736GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 134 133 137 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 118 Write 93.1 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 134 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 105%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 645GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 98 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 104 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 89%
TRUSTED Mass Storage 4.5TB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 2TB free, PID 4d10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 15 13 7.9 0.9 1.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 23.2 Write 17.7 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 9 20% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.1 122% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 19%
Drobo Gen3 9TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 7TB free, PID 3344 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 131 141 119 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 184 Write 179 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 141 199% 151 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 2.1 284% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 5.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 187 185 186 182 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 188 Mixed 136 SusWrite 183 234% 172 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 0.9 356% 4.47 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 5.5 DQ Mixed 1.2 229% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GVK 2x16GB 11,497 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 35.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 36 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 114%

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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 $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	455x
Ryzen 9 5950XAMD $416Bench 100%, 33,026 samples	332x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	289x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	226x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	214x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	181x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	184x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	155x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	101x

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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $1,152

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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