Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	91.7% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 08:19
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$195 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 74.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 902 81% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,307 81% 1,307 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 119 Parallax 99 86% 108 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 278 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 242 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1040715115	91.7% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 418 Mixed 421 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 29.1 128% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 71.1 77% 130 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 130GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2639 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1486 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 228 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10981931784	77.5% Very good	Read 510 Write 351 Mixed 353 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 20.1 108% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 16.7 32% 61.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 118%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 226GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 154 3158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2764 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2476 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2764 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 85.1 Mixed 97.6 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 116GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 156 3091 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4682 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4348 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 405 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4682 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 79.4 Write 76.1 Mixed 73.3 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 94%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $235Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	278x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $195Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	206x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	195x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	159x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	116x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 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 $103Bench 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	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	42x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,127

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16