Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171129
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 00:25
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 67.3 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 196 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 688 64% 534 Pts	64-Core 1,081 67% 1,081 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 136 Parallax 126 102% 129 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 123 Splatting 105 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 211GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15214 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 46 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 42 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1577 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20516064989	93.2% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 28.8 130% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 81.1 90% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7802 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 260 (B1) Unknown 93 93 139 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 38 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 74014037810	85.5% Excellent	Read 511 Write 399 Mixed 410 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 22.4 124% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 22.2 38% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$233 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 64 14456196 (03) Spinup time 93 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 916742337 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -84567906050517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (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 64 53 723779620 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 591 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30114 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 14456196 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -103251013791359 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15008068544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35792391658
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 243 196 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1904 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1220 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26505 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.3% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 94.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 241 192 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1400 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1214 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12298 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 189 255 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.8% Very good	Read 154 Write 117 Mixed 106 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.12 72% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 99%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 794GB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3064 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1852 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 14007 (0A) Spinup retry count 137 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 744 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10218 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236223660068 (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 200 253 5 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 77 77 9484 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 290 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.8% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 106 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.32 118% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 79%

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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 $211Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	116x

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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $855

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16