Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190419
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 19:48
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 709 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 108 Parallax 188 109% 143 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 141 Splatting 155 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 308 328 330 324 310 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,911 Write 1,516 Mixed 703 SusWrite 350 248% 1,120 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56.3 196% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 757 DQ Mixed 745 581% 802 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 166GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 475 477 479 480 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 480 Mixed 457 SusWrite 471 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.9 192% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 233GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 476 477 479 480 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 470 Mixed 415 SusWrite 471 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.2 195% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 656GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 155 155 157 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 158 Mixed 104 SusWrite 155 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB-$182 7,103 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 39.9 118% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 33.8 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 142%

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Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x
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 $95Bench 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	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $860

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16