Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	388 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 70.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 77% 141 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 888 81% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,288 80% 1,288 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Lighting 88.8 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 78.1 72% 82.8 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 68.7 61% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,785 Write 1,382 Mixed 1,397 407% 1,855 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 42.1 197% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 99 112% 190 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 254%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 163 6491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 502 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5356 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 33 (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	90.2% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 160 Mixed 150 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.21 108% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 174 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10505 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 36 (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	79.1% Very good	Read 144 Write 131 Mixed 129 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 162 6558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 506 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5859 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 36 (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	86% Excellent	Read 146 Write 154 Mixed 132 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.22 113% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 763GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 177 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1530 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1522 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1096 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47982 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 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	56.2% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 97.3 Mixed 86.6 71% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 472GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 165 958 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3352 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3015 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1663 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 698426 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (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	35.8% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 60.2 Mixed 62.1 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 0.19 43% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 67%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 256GB 550 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 135GB free, PID a840 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 138 Write 8.71 Mixed 10.3 40% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.65 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.004 29% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 36%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 99GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 265 Write 96 Mixed 191 212% 184 MB/s	4K Read 9.08 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.47 61% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.3% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 25.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 105%

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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 $179	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