Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 12:17
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 768 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 1,002 62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 113 Parallax 109 98% 114 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 100 Splatting 84.6 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SABRENT 1TB 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1535 954 993 780 607 725 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 913GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 191 191 191 192 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 146 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 192 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 100 101 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 143 Write 130 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 100 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 427GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 109 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 108 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 69%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 572GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 168 168 167 166 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 142 Write 101 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 167 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.9 344% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 110%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 7.2 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 7.4 11% 10 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZSW 2x8GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 34.3 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 27.5 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 28.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 96%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - $250

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	313x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	138x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	79x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	64x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	57x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	56x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	52x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 4x8GBGBench 94%, 9,782 samples	41x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $988

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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