Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 11:01
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 68.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 202 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 691 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 138 Parallax 127 100% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 156 338 349 209 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 453 Write 247 Mixed 222 SusWrite 236 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 30.3 94% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 176 171% 270 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 110%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 182 186 188 182 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 182 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 184 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 365% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 33.5 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 37.7 26% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 481GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 107 108 107 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 68.3 Write 81.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 107 51% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 167% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C 4x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 23.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 81%

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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 $211Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	206x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	116x

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 $96Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $855

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16