Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220301
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '22 at 21:49
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70% Good	Memory 69.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 655 62% 516 Pts	64-Core 1,173 73% 1,173 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 113 Parallax 125 0% 79.3 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR324 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1561 1311 482 465 469 1395 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,069 Write 1,988 Mixed 1,255 SusWrite 947 350% 1,565 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 45.8 151% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 884 DQ Write 607 DQ Mixed 761 564% 751 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 332%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 478GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 473 429 486 488 486 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 462 Mixed 417 SusWrite 463 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 51.1 167% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 906GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 157 154 155 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 130 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 155 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 360% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 88 86 86 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 77.2 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 86 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 108%

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

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - $250

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	313x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	138x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	79x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	64x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	57x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	56x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	52x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 4x8GBGBench 94%, 9,782 samples	41x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $988

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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