Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.1% 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	96.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 19:08
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 207 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 621 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.1 40% 45.3 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 422 420 428 431 436 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 406 Mixed 360 SusWrite 428 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 37.6 118% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 291 231% 319 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 519GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 72.2 Write 71.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 70.9 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 417GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 88 87 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 72.7 Write 63.5 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 87.3 57% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 247GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 114 113 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 68 SusWrite 112 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 1,659 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 29.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.1 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%

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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 $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	277x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	206x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x

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 $76Bench 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	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $869

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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