Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.6% 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	220% 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 06:04
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 4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 787 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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 (97^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 89.7 52% 75.7 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 64 Splatting 59.3 53% 65.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.6% 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: 1358 303 306 310 311 311 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,308 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,235 SusWrite 483 305% 1,375 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 72.1 242% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 528 392% 517 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 280%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 150GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 256 243 242 242 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 464 Write 252 Mixed 259 SusWrite 248 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 15.1 98% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 23.3 43% 85 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 140 139 138 141 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 143 Mixed 77 SusWrite 139 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 114%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 145GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 67 66 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 62 Write 65 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 65.9 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.8% 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 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 32.9 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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