Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	264% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '17 at 03:50
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 863 79% 659 Pts	64-Core 1,351 84% 1,351 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.80 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 94% 113 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 106 Splatting 95 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 595GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,277 Write 1,790 Mixed 1,894 442% 1,987 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 40.6 169% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 23.6 90% 199 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 363%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 453GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 31281 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 346 (B1) Unknown 94 94 196 (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 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 208 (F1) Unknown 99 99 118954860510
Poor: 66% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5491 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1842 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 991 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1637 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 35 (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	91.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 135 Mixed 136 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.51 150% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 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 235 183 5225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 95 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38976 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 32 (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	53% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 92.9 Mixed 93.6 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 101%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 594GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 214 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 40 (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 80 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 142 Mixed 145 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.44 129% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 578GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 314 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 220 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 38 (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 200 200 621 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.5% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 83.5 Mixed 88.2 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.55 149% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 85%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 545GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 81 (03) Spinup time 234 178 5258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 185 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15501 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.2% Good	Read 148 Write 86.3 Mixed 79.8 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 423GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 104 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 37 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.5 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.46 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 38.2 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 32.3 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 138%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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