Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	286% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 00:56
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 935 84% 708 Pts	64-Core 1,335 83% 1,335 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E214) 1GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 26.2 16% 21.7 fps	MRender 15.7 Gravity 18.5 Splatting 21.3 16% 18.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,710 Write 1,769 Mixed 1,917 472% 2,132 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 54 183% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 148 151% 246 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 688GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 61681160 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 399387 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1484 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 65 421003288 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5502 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 60129542168 (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 75840532512980 (F1) Unknown 100 253 705419708 (F2) Unknown 100 253 792423929	91.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 146 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 112%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 11GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 120 Write 48 Mixed 66.9 88% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.47 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.69 72% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3266 MHz clocked @ 1633 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 33.2 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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Typical ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC) Builds (Compare 459 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	55x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	52x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	47x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	53x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x

SSD
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent $100Bench 317%, 46,203 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	15x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $549

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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