Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170324
Uptime	23.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 05:11
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 69.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 71% 129 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 748 70% 584 Pts	64-Core 1,098 68% 1,098 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 124 Parallax 107 88% 113 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 115 Splatting 97.2 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 182 177 177 174 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 374 Mixed 347 SusWrite 203 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 48.9 166% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 124%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 138 139 141 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 140 Mixed 85 SusWrite 140 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 563GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 146 146 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 151 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 146 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 109%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 914GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 131 131 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 132 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 165 171 174 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 112 Write 131 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 169 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 140 143 147 148 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 139 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 145 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 90%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 500GB 2,264 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 341GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 102 102 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 101 112% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 25.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 110%

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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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $860

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 $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 $45	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