Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	307% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180709
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	May 18 '20 at 20:15
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 80.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 835 79% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,329 82% 1,329 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 142 Parallax 134 108% 136 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 1006 1283 1298 1294 1297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 1,521 Write 1,368 Mixed 1,460 SusWrite 1,182 311% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 153 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 143 487% 144 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 515 386% 514 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 559%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 210GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2206 2204 2202 2207 2209 2208 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,606 Write 2,199 Mixed 1,544 SusWrite 2206 480% 2,139 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 69.9 235% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 547 396% 511 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 393%
WD Game Drive 5TB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 99 99 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 64 Write 96.3 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 98.5 114% 80 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 0.7 357% 3.8 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 0.6 362% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB-$190 7,103 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 142%

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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 $150Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $988

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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