Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 11:41
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 77.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 851 78% 651 Pts	64-Core 1,253 78% 1,253 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 90% 109 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 96.7 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,738 Write 1,212 Mixed 1,387 390% 1,779 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 26.7 176% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 97.6 107% 180 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 64 15153151 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 72153498 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 20534238648009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 716 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6822 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51539607584 (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 94141388166107 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18730895865 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21537688890	59% Above average	Read 113 Write 92.7 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 105%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 767GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6254 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 72 57 8738 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5843 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26272 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3146 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 302 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 236223987747 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 530 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6106	82.2% Excellent	Read 135 Write 151 Mixed 116 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.45 125% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 30.6 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 85.9 47% 85.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 104%

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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 $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