Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	132% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1680 x 950 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 00:32
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 856 81% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,200 74% 1,200 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2400) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 114 Parallax 247 122% 170 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 141 Splatting 160 116% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 203 201 176 185 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 605 Mixed 447 SusWrite 243 113% 508 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 49.9 178% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 844 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 610 492% 699 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 25GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 475 Write 466 Mixed 399 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 51.9 168% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 267 204% 277 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 77GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 90 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 85.8 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 89 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 79%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 102GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 75 78 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 96 Write 92.2 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 76.7 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C14-8GTZR 2x8GB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 48.3 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 39.8 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.3 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 34.6 104% 36.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%

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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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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