Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.1% 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	273% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 08:03
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 656 62% 514 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 166 70% 112 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 117 Splatting 123 91% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1332 1090 1148 1033 951 1080 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,289 Write 1,761 Mixed 1,411 SusWrite 1,106 366% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 75 248% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 773 DQ Mixed 798 608% 820 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 410%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 81GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 168 155 142 135 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,339 Write 518 Mixed 440 SusWrite 207 137% 626 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.1 177% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 854 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 651 481% 644 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 422 Mixed 375 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 50.6 171% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 266 214 212 202 185 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 418 Mixed 374 SusWrite 242 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 49.5 167% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 425GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 129 121 118 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 113 Write 82.5 Mixed 69 SusWrite 123 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 496GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 111 105 102 112 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 86.8 Mixed 44 SusWrite 107 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 69%
WD WD1500AHFD-00RAR5 150GB 1,105 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 22GB free Firmware: 20.07P20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 60 60 62 60 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 71 Write 70.2 Mixed 41 SusWrite 60.6 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 197% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 744 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 37.1 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 26.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.8% 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 $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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	53x

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

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $860

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16