Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	196% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 23:20
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 69 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 76% 139 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 821 77% 640 Pts	64-Core 1,194 74% 1,194 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 179 Parallax 161 131% 167 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 166 Splatting 123 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 630 321 319 315 256 231 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,950 Write 1,370 Mixed 592 SusWrite 345 235% 1,064 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 54.7 196% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 987 DQ Write 685 DQ Mixed 612 517% 761 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 236%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB-$195 707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 68GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 333 419 373 420 312 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 411 Mixed 298 SusWrite 380 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 31.3 120% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 244 218% 329 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 108%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 900GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 119 121 120 120 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 119 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 272GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 87 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 89 Mixed 85 SusWrite 86 65% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 93 90 94 94 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 79.5 Write 89 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 91.8 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 101%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 107 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 110 Write 94.7 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 106 128% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.8 246% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 3,622 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 112GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 53 36 41 37 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 51 Write 47.5 Mixed 43 SusWrite 43.3 62% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2 124% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2933 C14 2x16GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 109%

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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 $95Bench 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	44x
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 $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