Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 03:12
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 72.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 82% 152 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 916 85% 711 Pts	64-Core 1409 87% 1409 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 154 Parallax 143 122% 149 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 260 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7733343 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 550 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 37 158915100698 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 115965034523 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 667 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1038 (F1) Unknown 253 253 999 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1723 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.3% Very good	Read 433 Write 338 Mixed 251 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 19.4 105% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 38.9 70% 140 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 103%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 29GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4867 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2113 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1424 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 59 176093659158 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 133609 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7028784318 (F7) Unknown 100 100 217735961 (F8) Unknown 100 100 405922318	83.4% Excellent	Read 495 Write 272 Mixed 352 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 28.3 114% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 52.4 100% 202 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 91%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 154608496 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 326081 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 62 537853973 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 585 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 64424509461 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -30889404792435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3997840741 (F2) Unknown 100 253 175106072	96.4% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 194 Mixed 143 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.05 4K Mixed 0.78 211% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%
WD VelociRaptor 2.5" 1TB-$52 1,134 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 931GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 558 (03) Spinup time 192 190 3383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 394 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 9 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 262 (C2) HDA temperature 127 103 23 (C4) Reallocation count 193 193 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 236 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 235 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 198 304	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 194 Mixed 193 146% 194 MB/s	4K Read 1.69 4K Write 4.67 4K Mixed 0.44 206% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 120%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 801GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 167 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2271 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1861 (C2) HDA temperature 125 96 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 107 Mixed 97.6 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.36 117% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 86GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 1966 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4408 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3421 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1839 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2568 (C2) HDA temperature 127 106 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 165 Mixed 171 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 4.68 4K Mixed 0.41 176% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 24.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 120%

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Gaming 92%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	277x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	206x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	191x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	88x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $860

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