Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	227% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 03:56
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 70.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 680 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 1,143 71% 1,143 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3100) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.3 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 20.1 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 910GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1462 824 813 815 817 820 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,525 Write 1667 Mixed 1,317 SusWrite 925 306% 1,359 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 63.5 230% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1026 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 910 669% 884 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 276%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 998GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 90 92 92 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 139 Write 145 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 90.8 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 101%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 177 182 180 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 167 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 180 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.8 233% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 935GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 51 52 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 72.1 Write 61.9 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 51.3 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 67%
USB Flash Disk 8GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 13.8 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 12 21% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 62% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 110%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	55x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	52x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	47x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	53x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x

SSD
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent $100Bench 317%, 46,203 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	15x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $549

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