Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190911
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '22 at 10:38
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (77^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 75 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 734 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 1,114 69% 1,114 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 121 Parallax 140 112% 133 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 114% 144 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 372 Write 218 Mixed 230 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 26.2 82% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 189 141% 186 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 6GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 444 Write 134 Mixed 178 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 32.6 128% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 150 123% 181 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Sandisk Extreme 55AE 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 114GB free Firmware: 3001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 807 Write 752 Mixed 655 553% 738 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 35.7 6,015% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 149 1,393% 155 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 24.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 22 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 96%

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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 $152Bench 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	57x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	56x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $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