Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	269% 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 CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170311
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 82.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 887 80% 671 Pts	64-Core 1,250 77% 1,250 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 3687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 40.1 Parallax 52.6 34% 44.7 fps	MRender 51.8 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 37.4 36% 45.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 35%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 107% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,716 Write 1,391 Mixed 1,450 407% 1,853 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 50.3 200% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 135 151% 256 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 254%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 206 149 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3663 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1414 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10830 (C2) HDA temperature 122 115 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29% Poor	Read 78.3 Write 22.2 Mixed 88.1 48% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.35 107% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 60%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 175 5175 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 83 12347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133079 (C2) HDA temperature 122 104 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	41.8% Average	Read 67.8 Write 77.3 Mixed 67.8 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144921888 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 156422221 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 448 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 32 32 68 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 39159857181 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 243253 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -51737176034070 (F1) Unknown 100 253 82269663460 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51476652472	76.8% Very good	Read 145 Write 123 Mixed 128 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.16 55% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 31.9 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 27.9 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 117%

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Gaming 92%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

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 $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 $274	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 $184	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