Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	215% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191016
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 01:37
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 68.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 76% 139 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 794 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 1205 75% 1205 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 189 Parallax 189 148% 187 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 185 Splatting 123 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 840 589 586 565 581 552 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2417 Write 1,765 Mixed 1,308 SusWrite 619 339% 1,527 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 64.6 195% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 431 DQ Write 431 DQ Mixed 500 357% 454 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 282 282 256 264 240 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 415 Mixed 335 SusWrite 278 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 45.3 153% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 85 83 79 82 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 72 Write 84 Mixed 49 SusWrite 81.9 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 87%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 88 93 91 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 87 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 90.8 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 206GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 61 58 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 95.2 Write 78.2 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 60 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 76%
Staples Relay UFD 4GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 5202 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 1.3 1.7 3.4 3.4 3.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	5.74% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 7.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 2.4 10% 8.88 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.74% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.5 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $95Bench 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 $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