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 (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	279% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210913
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '22 at 15:45
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 75.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 277 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 941 89% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,487 92% 1,487 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3537 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 129 Reflection 107 Parallax 140 105% 125 fps	Gravity 106 Splatting 94.8 88% 101 fps
Poor: 90% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 742 750 764 787 782 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,608 Write 2390 Mixed 1,886 SusWrite 785 429% 1,917 MB/s	4K Read 65.4 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 91 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 672 515% 704 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 355GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 918 509 503 509 509 508 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: 113 114 112 113 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 131 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 114 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3000NM0053 3TB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: G00A SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 175 172 173 176 176 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 174 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 231GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 40 42 43 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 29% Great: 76%
Seagate ST12000DM001-2JD101 12TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 9TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 223 219 220 225 222 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 @ 3800 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 32.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 35.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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