Overclocking

The ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII HERO (WiFi) proved to be right around other X570 boards I have looked at. It did not quite match the 4.5 GHz all core the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming X managed, but did come close at 4475 MHz stable. I consider this a good result for my Ryzen 5 3600X sample, and given the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII HERO (WiFi) has a plethora of overclocking aids and exotic cooling support, I think this is an excellent board to push the Ryzen 3000 processors to their limit.


The ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII HERO (WiFi) has the ever-important post-code display right up near the DIMM slots. Mem OK can be physically switched on and off aa well.




When it comes to memory-clock stability, the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII HERO (WiFi) proved adequate, but not exceptional. XMP was perfectly stable, and I was able to squeeze out 4333 MHz without touching voltages on my T-Force Xtreem kit. While I have seen higher results, ASUS has done a great job of making the memory overclocking process as painless as possible with features like "MemOK!" that will make adjustments to the memory settings if the board fails to post. This takes a lot of stress out of the equation and makes memory overclocking more accessible for less experienced users.