Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	196% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 75 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 665 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 86.5 52% 73.4 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 57.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 646 331 329 332 333 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,450 Write 1434 Mixed 963 SusWrite 384 288% 1,308 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 61.4 200% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 254 196% 267 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 280%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 255 231 236 241 241 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 444 Write 250 Mixed 247 SusWrite 241 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 15 86% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 23.2 43% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 181 179 180 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 131 Mixed 81 SusWrite 180 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 114%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 145GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 66 66 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 58.3 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 66.4 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 26.7 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 13.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 92%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

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 $211Bench 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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	116x

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 $98Bench 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	45x
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 $269	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 $177	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