Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	255% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191216
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 06:15
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 732 69% 574 Pts	64-Core 1,267 78% 1,267 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.3% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 70.3 56% 73 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 61.8 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 694GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1296 1173 1163 1153 1110 1056 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,280 Write 1,869 Mixed 1,453 SusWrite 1,159 378% 1,690 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 60.9 199% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 872 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 743 540% 710 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 372%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 343GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 421 428 430 436 430 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 424 Mixed 415 SusWrite 419 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 40.4 136% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 301 246% 350 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 262GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 76.6 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 76%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 85 84 85 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 73.5 Write 81.1 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 83.6 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 87%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 203 193 196 203 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 200 Mixed 79 SusWrite 196 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.6 220% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C14-8GFX 2x8GB 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.7% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 28 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 126%

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

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 917 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) - $250

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	359x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	90x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	70x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	52x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	44x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	54x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	51x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	49x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 4x8GBGBench 94%, 9,782 samples	28x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	25x
Skill Intl F4-3200C14-8GFX 4x8GBGBench 109%, 918 samples	22x

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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