Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	291% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180417
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 04:39
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 913 82% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,292 80% 1,292 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 115% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 267GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2696 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1094 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 138 (A3) Unknown 100 100 61 (A4) Unknown 100 100 33151 (A5) Unknown 100 100 50 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 336 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 50 (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 100 100 30 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 319012 (F2) Unknown 100 100 286167 (F5) Unknown 100 100 530416	89.3% Excellent	Read 524 Write 390 Mixed 443 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 34 119% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 51.7 71% 130 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,822 Write 1,751 Mixed 1,911 478% 2,161 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 51.2 207% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 45.7 73% 137 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 353%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8622 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 135 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 251GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 89 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897681600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2712 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1504 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3171 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 253403725854 (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 200 200 1	65.1% Good	Read 105 Write 122 Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 35.1 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 32.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%

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Desktop 81%

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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