Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	279% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 23:12
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 80.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 901 81% 685 Pts	64-Core 1,302 81% 1,302 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E214) 1GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 19 Parallax 25.8 16% 21.5 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 21.1 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,767 Write 1,676 Mixed 1,983 474% 2,142 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 51.7 173% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 130 138% 228 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 691GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 235883448 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 343232 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1444 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4949 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 60129542169 (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 -91572997717845 (F1) Unknown 100 253 641136130 (F2) Unknown 100 253 750678713	91% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 157 Mixed 151 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 13GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 41 Write 7.16 Mixed 10.6 18% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 1.13 99% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3134 MHz clocked @ 1567 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 32.6 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 27.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 459 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 72%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	55x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	52x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	47x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	53x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x

SSD
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent $100Bench 317%, 46,203 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	15x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $549

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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