Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	221% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 70.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 217 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 798 74% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,199 74% 1,199 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 193 Parallax 185 136% 182 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 165 Splatting 120 110% 136 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 629GB free Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9479 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1619 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 237 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 43 184684773402 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 13 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4471 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3665 (F2) Unknown 253 253 39268 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.3% Very good	Read 509 Write 281 Mixed 345 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 19.3 96% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 40.3 56% 108 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 627GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30595 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 968 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 810 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36833947379	91.5% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 349 Mixed 358 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 27.3 127% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 100 121% 215 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 535GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5858 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 101 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 68 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 979253890	108% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 408 Mixed 419 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 44.9 161% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 131 143% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 479GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6488 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 59 176094707742 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1410848163 (F7) Unknown 100 100 44116897 (F8) Unknown 100 100 28050759 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3570 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 481 Write 339 Mixed 337 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 24.2 101% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 49.6 95% 193 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,837 Write 1,184 Mixed 1,349 323% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 51.4 198% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 152 161% 267 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 123GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5862 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 105 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 66 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2702843597	108% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 408 Mixed 418 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 44.1 160% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 131 144% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 12GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 199 2966 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4844 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 798 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4045 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (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 17 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.8% Very good	Read 137 Write 138 Mixed 115 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.32 100% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 117%
HDD 1TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 341GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 97.4 Write 81.3 Mixed 74.1 105% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 66%
HDD 1TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 138GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 101 Write 73.9 Mixed 54.5 91% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.28 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 4,269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 113%

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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 $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 $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 $40	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