Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	232% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 19:14
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 952 84% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,316 82% 1,316 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 157 Parallax 129 112% 141 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 140 Splatting 116 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1397 1060 594 593 596 594 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,790 Write 1,527 Mixed 913 SusWrite 806 281% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.5 226% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 987 DQ Write 897 DQ Mixed 822 649% 902 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 254%
Crucial MTFDDAK512MBF-1AN1ZABHA 512GB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 288GB free Firmware: M603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 366 416 416 415 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 424 Mixed 341 SusWrite 406 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.3 164% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 246 214% 319 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,444 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 34.6 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 135%

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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 $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 $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