Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	163% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '19 at 04:00
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 265 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 842 84% 683 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.2 81% 102 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 100 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 463 458 497 483 490 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,111 Write 456 Mixed 573 SusWrite 477 145% 654 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 53 213% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 624 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 482 380% 530 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 333%
Adata SP900 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 235GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 225 233 221 221 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 365 Write 333 Mixed 326 SusWrite 222 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 24.1 78% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 97.3 87% 135 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 65%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 446GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 90 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 78.2 Write 77.8 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 90 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 324GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 88 87 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 123 Write 118 Mixed 59 SusWrite 88.9 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 35 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 33.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 104%

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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 $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	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 $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