Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive83.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus CROSSHAIR VI HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171129
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 25 '18 at 02:31
Run Duration257 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 69.4
1-Core 105
2-Core 210
71% 128 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 794
72% 607 Pts
64-Core 1,118
69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 152
Reflection 196
Parallax 198
124% 182 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 181
Splatting 128
117% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199
438GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
Read 504
Write 349
Mixed 358
90% 404 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 49.9
4K Mixed 25.3
115% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 109
DQ Mixed 64.3
76% 135 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
931GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
73.2% Very good
Read 147
Write 108
Mixed 108
91% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.29
4K Write 2.12
4K Mixed 0.42
140% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 76%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33
424GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
56.1% Above average
Read 105
Write 90.2
Mixed 96.4
73% 97.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.45
4K Mixed 0.47
126% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102
288GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
38.1% Below average
Read 67.2
Write 65.2
Mixed 56.1
47% 62.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.62
4K Write 1.38
4K Mixed 0.42
98% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 38.1%
Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40
213GB free
Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
36.6% Below average
Read 68.1
Write 59.2
Mixed 63.7
48% 63.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.36
4K Write 1.24
4K Mixed 0.35
77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 36.6%
Great: 44%
WD My Book 2TB
2TB free, PID null
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
26.8% Poor
Read 36
Write 37.3
Mixed 11.4
34% 28.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 4.34
4K Mixed 0.44
165% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 26.8%
Great: 26%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.4% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 25.6
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 21.5
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical CROSSHAIR VI HERO Builds (Compare 1,742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $855
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