Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive151% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus CROSSHAIR VI HERO  (all builds)
Memory4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170922
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 31 '20 at 17:42
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Memory 71.8
1-Core 104
2-Core 209
71% 129 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 656
66% 537 Pts
64-Core 767
48% 767 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
Asus(1043 8738) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 170
Reflection 168
Parallax 181
138% 173 fps
MRender 196
Gravity 152
Splatting 109
120% 152 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 126%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 729 409 419 414 405 394 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
151% Outstanding
Read 1,138
Write 1,620
Mixed 509
SusWrite 462
209% 932 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 87
4K Mixed 43.9
152% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 805
DQ Write 544
DQ Mixed 648
491% 666 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 151%
Great: 254%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70
80GB free
Firmware: 502ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 110 99 112 109 106 MB/s
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
52.4% Above average
Read 157
Write 136
Mixed 143
SusWrite 109
31% 136 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 67.3
4K Mixed 30.2
104% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 183
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 142
111% 154 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
793GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 141 144 145 141 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
75.4% Very good
Read 122
Write 132
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 141
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39.5% Below average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 11.8
MC Mixed 13.1
38% 13.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 13.1
SC Mixed 13.7
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 97.4
41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 39.5%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical CROSSHAIR VI HERO Builds (Compare 1,751 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $860
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