Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	219% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 88% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	13.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '18 at 05:37
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing as expected (50^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, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 196 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 772 69% 582 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 185 Parallax 51 121% 128 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 71 66% 82.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,931 Write 1,301 Mixed 1,228 329% 1,486 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 44.7 177% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 90.2 93% 156 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 254%
OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 23GB free Firmware: 606ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5345747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -51281909507724 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 212 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 183 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 49 63 98788376625 (C2) HDA temperature 49 63 98788376625 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5345747 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5345747 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5345747 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4191 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2452 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2452 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4778	67.1% Good	Read 478 Write 223 Mixed 310 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 14.7 92% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 37.4 66% 126 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 90%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6924 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6029 (0A) Spinup retry count 111 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4306 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 261994512432 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4617 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 634 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	91.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 154 Mixed 166 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.3 177% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 104%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 403GB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10346 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 4487 (0A) Spinup retry count 109 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2652 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240519348270 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3258 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 624 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	64.7% Good	Read 115 Write 111 Mixed 103 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 184 Write 156 Mixed 127 192% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.26 101% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 9,834 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3334 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 36 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%

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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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $855

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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