Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 13:02
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 78.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 951 84% 715 Pts	64-Core 1314 81% 1314 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Lighting 89.6 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 77.8 73% 83.1 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 68.8 61% 75.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10942 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1781 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 80 80 616 (AE) Unknown 100 100 524 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 16799 (C2) HDA temperature 69 54 197569478687 (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 80 80 20 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 40179951681 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1266330099 (F8) Unknown 100 100 8986430224	81.4% Excellent	Read 520 Write 329 Mixed 394 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 29.2 118% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 41 49% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 241 164 2941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 361 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3597 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 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	90.6% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 165 Mixed 151 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.26 118% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 174 5291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 594 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9074 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 34 (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	82.4% Excellent	Read 158 Write 129 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 241 163 2950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 365 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4299 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 34 (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	77.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 142 Mixed 139 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.28 123% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 773GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 177 5283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1388 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1382 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1076 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44475 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 30 (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	57.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.6 Mixed 94.4 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 492GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 253 165 1008 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2875 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1643 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 694464 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 31 (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 1	35.1% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 57.9 Mixed 64.2 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 67%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 25GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 30.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 105%

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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 $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