Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.5% 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	114% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	57.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 11 '20 at 06:47
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 197 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 709 66% 552 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.5% Poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 78.9 8% 33.5 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 77.3 56% 67.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 86 104 104 94 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1,050 Write 311 Mixed 819 SusWrite 112 126% 573 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 48.8 156% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 355 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 219%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 220GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1195 830 829 836 836 829 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,245 Write 1,263 Mixed 1,176 SusWrite 892 258% 1,144 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 54 175% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 419 314% 420 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 276%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 201GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 378 324 111 353 237 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 419 Write 394 Mixed 371 SusWrite 300 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 34.2 119% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 267 197% 260 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 99%
WD WD100EZAZ-11TDBA0 10TB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 123 121 122 96 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 144 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 118 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 195% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 115%
WD WD100EZAZ-11TDBA0 10TB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 152 163 160 166 160 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 193 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 163 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.8 286% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 122%

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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 $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