Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.9% 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	236% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170428
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 04:02
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 79.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 897 82% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,257 78% 1,257 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 96% 114 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,246 Write 1,336 Mixed 1,231 354% 1,604 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 39.8 182% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 98.6 108% 183 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12626 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1908 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 166 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21734625478	82.5% Excellent	Read 508 Write 331 Mixed 248 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 24 125% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 19 42% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 927GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1137 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1380 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 186 Mixed 166 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.3 141% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 881GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1135 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1387 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 167 Mixed 156 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.34 140% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 339GB free Firmware: CC9C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148145896 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 17295129365 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2703 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 538312735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110892 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 53068615923575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 306725080327 (F2) Unknown 100 253 442649401574	90.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 155 Mixed 138 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.15 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 27GB free Firmware: ES12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148997970 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 128401209 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2399 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1442 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 521535518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 38654705694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 22 148997970 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.4% Average	Read 72.4 Write 78.9 Mixed 77.3 58% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.29 64% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 60%
WDC WD75 00BPVT-75HXZT3 750GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 242GB free, PID 0888 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.2% Poor	Read 68 Write 65.4 Mixed 54.3 79% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 31 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 112%

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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 $274	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 $184	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