Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	252% 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 04:07
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	74%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 110 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 673 62% 521 Pts	64-Core 917 57% 917 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2059 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 92.2 82% 100 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 98 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 634 606 622 613 610 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,511 Write 2,106 Mixed 1,457 SusWrite 634 373% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67 243% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 834 627% 842 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 340%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 785GB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 192 193 191 195 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 215 Mixed 90 SusWrite 193 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.7 292% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
StoreJet Transcend 3TB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 29.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 38.1 43% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 39.6 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 33.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO Builds (Compare 1,108 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

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 $149Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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