Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	177% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	150% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190923
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '21 at 18:27
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 69 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 197 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 620 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 976 60% 976 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	177% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 267 Parallax 324 190% 275 fps	MRender 352 Gravity 255 Splatting 183 206% 263 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 732 470 478 504 440 410 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,707 Write 1300 Mixed 588 SusWrite 506 227% 1,025 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 34.9 112% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 63.9 DQ Mixed 123 152% 288 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 254%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 297GB free Firmware: 8EV10171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 864 771 809 893 793 763 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 670 Write 939 Mixed 588 SusWrite 815 171% 753 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 34.8 117% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 731 DQ Write 65.9 DQ Mixed 133 164% 310 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 230%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 479GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 68 64 70 61 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 54 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 65.1 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 67%
Seagate ST10000NM0016-1T 10TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: SNB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 133 134 133 133 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C14-8GTZRX 2x8GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 92%

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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 $211Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	116x

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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	41x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16