Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	124% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 950 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200731
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 03:02
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 901 81% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,279 79% 1,279 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 125 106 112 110 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 774 Write 405 Mixed 387 SusWrite 170 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 44.5 165% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 609 DQ Mixed 745 552% 734 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 461 Mixed 417 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 51.3 169% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 353 242% 298 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 56GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 90 89 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 80.5 Mixed 78 SusWrite 89 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 79%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 125GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 66 68 69 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 114 Write 99 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 67.1 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C14-8GTZR 2x8GB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 46.8 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 39.3 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32.9 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

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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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16