Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 03:55
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 80.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 929 84% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,325 82% 1,325 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 78.4 64% 79.2 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 64.3 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 304 307 312 313 304 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 383 Write 288 Mixed 180 SusWrite 307 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 7.2 44% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 15.7 24% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 7GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 484 Mixed 414 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.7 207% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 363 266% 350 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 175 175 175 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 173 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 174 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer 64GB 3,567 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 58GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 4.1 3.1 2.8 2.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	8.57% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 3.5 8% 8.68 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.6 142% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.57% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 35.9 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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