Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.5% 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	195% 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

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 21:10
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 75.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 761 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 58.4 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 81.4 48% 70.1 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 57.7 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.5% 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% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 644 332 332 333 328 328 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 2,427 Write 1,460 Mixed 995 SusWrite 383 290% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 61 200% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 257 194% 259 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 280%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 258 235 238 236 235 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 452 Write 254 Mixed 261 SusWrite 240 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 14.8 87% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 23.9 44% 87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 179 181 181 181 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 138 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 180 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 145GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 58 59 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 40.7 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 58.8 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.1% 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 (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 27.4 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.6% 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