Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	433% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 12:55
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 73.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 264 82% 154 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 930 86% 715 Pts	64-Core 1417 88% 1417 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3163) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.09 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 122 Reflection 110 Parallax 128 99% 120 fps	Gravity 113 Splatting 102 95% 108 fps
Poor: 90% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 26 23 26 35 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	433% Outstanding	Read 6,020 Write 52.7 Mixed 101 SusWrite 26.4 322% 1550 MB/s	4K Read 470 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 6.2 722% 160 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 433% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 355GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 509 508 507 508 488 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 823GB free Firmware: MK7OHPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 18 13 21 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3000NM0053 3TB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: G00A SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.4 4.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 3,009 Write 6.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 6.2 541% 757 MB/s	4K Read 206 4K Mixed 1 13,073% 104 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 231GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 30 28 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 99.4 Write 33 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 29.2 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 76%
Seagate ST12000DM001-2JD101 12TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 9TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 191 196 153 116 155 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 28% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 45,582 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.9% Very good	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 31.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 125%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 96%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - $250

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	313x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	138x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 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 $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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 $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $988

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16