Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 03:03
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 856 81% 672 Pts	64-Core 1284 80% 1284 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 135 Parallax 129 105% 131 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 117 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 662 656 659 659 659 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,515 Write 2,280 Mixed 1,501 SusWrite 696 390% 1,748 MB/s	4K Read 63.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 84 275% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 935 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 766 583% 792 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 38GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 483 484 485 471 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 483 Mixed 466 SusWrite 447 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 53.5 175% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 141 142 142 143 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 101 Mixed 99.9 SusWrite 138 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3466C16 2x8GB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 46.9 MC Write 44 MC Mixed 34 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 30 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 31.6 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - $250

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	313x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	138x
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 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	58x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	56x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $103Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $988

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16