Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	260% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2880 x 1620 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180209
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 06:48
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 733 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 2214 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 71.3 66% 78.7 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 78.7 63% 76.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,814 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,398 398% 1,816 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 41.6 200% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 113 126% 218 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 236%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 91GB free Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 0 (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 100 100 18166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7351 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 58 58 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5619 (C2) HDA temperature 73 54 197569282075 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 479 Mixed 502 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 42.5 134% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 136 138% 224 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 415GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204130536 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 360 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 92389438 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7380 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197010 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 471007259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 108320 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 42949672987 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 77 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 137808320677356 (F1) Unknown 100 253 128059948461573 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -40222452028863	88.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 154 Mixed 142 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 8GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1047 (03) Spinup time 116 109 7158 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8730 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7020 (C0) Power-off retract count 194 194 4853 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 83589 (C2) HDA temperature 118 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 198 348	37.7% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 66.1 Mixed 68.8 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4000 C19 2x4GB 278 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 39.7 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 21.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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