Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	230% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170311
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 07:38
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 239 77% 141 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 760 73% 604 Pts	64-Core 1,384 86% 1,384 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 89% 111 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 1,284 Mixed 1,228 344% 1,561 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 38.9 185% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 24.6 71% 153 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 135 Write 66.2 Mixed 79.6 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.12 68% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 136 Write 58.2 Mixed 78.8 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.1 56% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2TB free Firmware: 040B Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 101 Write 52.2 Mixed 73.4 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.08 36% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 88%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 23GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 177 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 885 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 548 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14641 (C2) HDA temperature 127 109 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.7% Good	Read 128 Write 105 Mixed 104 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 171 7491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 807 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11236 (C2) HDA temperature 126 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	42.5% Average	Read 73.5 Write 74.9 Mixed 68.4 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.27 58% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 100%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 222 197 7883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 724 (C2) HDA temperature 128 112 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50% Average	Read 89 Write 84.6 Mixed 77 63% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.31 112% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 26.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 120%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	277x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	206x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	88x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $860

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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