Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 89.8%, 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	152% 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.

Run History

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	12.8 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 27 '20 at 19:44
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 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 (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 803 78% 643 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.8% 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 8.27 Parallax 9.09 6% 8.22 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 8.09 6% 7.31 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% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 418 374 392 374 402 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 1355 Mixed 1,111 SusWrite 404 250% 1,119 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 38 137% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 835 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 213 222% 386 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 228%
Amd-raid Array 1 2TB 1,574 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 2TB free Firmware: 9.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 181 177 178 185 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 106 Write 127 Mixed 51 SusWrite 179 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 34 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 29 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

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

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Desktop 81%

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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