Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 14:18
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 52.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 75% 143 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 735 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 1,006 62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.6% 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: 442.59 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 115 Parallax 119 98% 118 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 102 Splatting 82.6 85% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SABRENT 1TB 514GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 1007 986 1020 962 1017 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 671GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 188 188 187 185 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 150 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 187 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 128 143 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 103 SusWrite 106 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 429GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 115 115 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 114 70% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 69%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 183 182 181 183 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 140 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 180 89% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 374% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 15.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 151 26% 151 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 114%

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Gaming 98%

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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 $152Bench 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