Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180927
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 776 72% 600 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 97.9 57% 79.5 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 57.7 52% 65 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 273 290 290 278 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,724 Write 1,525 Mixed 762 SusWrite 335 241% 1,087 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 49.9 219% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 931 DQ Write 852 DQ Mixed 639 549% 808 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 247 258 258 249 260 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 383 Mixed 384 SusWrite 268 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 47.6 171% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 358 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 990GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 139 142 142 142 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 194 Mixed 110 SusWrite 143 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 313% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 118%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 104 100 105 106 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 107 Write 78 Mixed 65 SusWrite 103 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 181% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 1733 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 48.8 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 40.5 128% 44.7 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 33.5 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 119%

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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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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