Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191216
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '20 at 18:00
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

Watch Gameplay: 1660 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 80.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 307 96% 181 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 1,008 96% 796 Pts	64-Core 1,471 91% 1,471 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 82.4 80% 88.9 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 75 62% 75 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,522 Write 1,461 Mixed 1513 404% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 72.8 239% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 724 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 593 442% 592 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 203 221 220 201 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 474 Write 325 Mixed 262 SusWrite 225 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 34.5 137% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 135 148% 251 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 101%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 384GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 446 463 448 399 399 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 467 Mixed 442 SusWrite 432 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 50.6 166% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 293 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 754GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 103 101 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 102 126% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 30.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 31.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 110%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical CROSSHAIR VI HERO Builds (Compare 1,743 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $92Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $178	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