Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95% 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.

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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 16:21
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 783 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 99% 116 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 102 Splatting 86.6 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SABRENT 1TB 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1193 973 584 746 797 793 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 671GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 44 44 44 44 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 183 Write 4.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 42.6 43% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 34 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 141 Write 39.9 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 35.8 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 429GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 112 Write 38.7 Mixed 40 SusWrite 38.2 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 69%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 41 41 42 42 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 169 Write 4 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 40.1 40% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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 @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 35 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 28.3 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 29.5 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 96%

Nuclear submarine

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