Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	221% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 07:13
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 785 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 96.3 51% 77.5 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 59.5 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1352 305 306 310 311 311 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,333 Write 1,476 Mixed 1,266 SusWrite 482 308% 1,389 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 72.1 243% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 516 384% 509 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 280%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 150GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 240 254 261 262 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 467 Write 248 Mixed 258 SusWrite 242 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 15.2 98% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 23.9 43% 84.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 140 141 141 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 141 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 139 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 114%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 145GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 62.5 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 66.1 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (86^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 33.2 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x
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 $98Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $855

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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