Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	161% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 02:00
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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-$185 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 749 69% 578 Pts	64-Core 976 60% 976 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.99% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 9.09 6% 8.27 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 8.09 6% 7.33 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.99% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 548 429 432 421 435 432 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,585 Write 1,534 Mixed 1,275 SusWrite 449 271% 1,211 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 45.8 156% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 236 234% 399 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 228%
Amd-raid Array 1 2TB 1,574 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 2TB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 198 201 201 205 205 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 171 Mixed 120 SusWrite 200 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.4 306% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 212%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GVKB 2x8GB 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 31.9 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 29.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $235Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	278x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $211Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	206x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $199Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	195x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	158x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	116x

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 $93Bench 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	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $1,030

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16