Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	217% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190911
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '19 at 21:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 850 80% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,244 77% 1,244 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1713 1692 1693 1604 1629 1723 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,750 Write 1,476 Mixed 479 SusWrite 1,676 301% 1,345 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 10.6 82% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 460 349% 471 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 69GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,272 Write 3,429 Mixed 4,434 972% 4,378 MB/s	4K Read 222 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 191 684% 203 MB/s	DQ Read 821 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 519 426% 616 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WD My Book 25EE 10TB 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 181 168 173 182 180 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 165 Write 179 Mixed 129 SusWrite 177 222% 162 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1 199% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 99%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 107 112 115 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 139 Write 111 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 112 145% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GVK 2x16GB 11,497 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 36.3 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 29 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 114%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 96%

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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 $153Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $988

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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