Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	250% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 02:28
Run Duration	437 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 663 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 980 61% 980 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% XFX(1682 9C30) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 139 83% 110 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 125 87% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 657GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,317 Write 1,506 Mixed 1,313 378% 1,712 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 49.3 180% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 105 110% 184 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 302%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 167GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5217 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2739 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 292 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2359367 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1839 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 64 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24274	75.2% Very good	Read 516 Write 353 Mixed 348 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 10.7 85% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 49.8 76% 148 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 101%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 182 182 34377105728 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4549 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4549 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176094576673 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.9% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 150 Mixed 159 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 3.26 4K Mixed 0.61 153% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 173 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1767 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29990 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 131 Mixed 122 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.21 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 169 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2272 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16926 (C2) HDA temperature 121 114 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.4% Good	Read 113 Write 122 Mixed 109 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.27 112% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100200768 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26954672 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4507 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 1 979267485935 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2407 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78515 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 51539607581 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 116 250628 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80728205298824 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17923145191374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 125448204896347
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 723GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 31 (03) Spinup time 204 185 5758 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9593 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5321 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2851 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79442 (C2) HDA temperature 118 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 60070 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 90.3 Mixed 97.1 72% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 57%
WD My Passport 259F 3TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 81.6 122% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 49%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 0GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.37% Terrible	Read 11.3 Write 5.28 Mixed 7.07 9% 7.89 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.11 27% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 4.37% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBR 2x16GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 27.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

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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 $90Bench 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	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $860

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 $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 $45	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