Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	128% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190411
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 22:22
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 750 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.1% Average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 66.5 37% 59.5 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.9 Splatting 55.6 46% 57.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 691GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 490 491 492 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 494 Mixed 472 SusWrite 490 111% 492 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.5 196% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 5.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 21 22 21 21 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 14% Great: 47%
SanDisk Cruzer Orbit 32GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 29GB free, PID 557c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	1% Terrible	Read 1.8 Write 1 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 3.4 3% 2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 1% Great: 11%
Samsung D3 Station 3TB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 542GB free, PID 6124 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 181 179 181 182 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 111 Write 101 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 181 156% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.6 277% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 583 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 542GB free, PID 0105 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 36.4 Write 22 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 38.6 44% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 40.2 125% 43.9 GB/s	SC Read 29.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 36.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 122%

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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) $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