Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	82.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 13:00
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 711 65% 547 Pts	64-Core 971 60% 971 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 116 95% 117 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.4 81% 99 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3064 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2775 (B1) Unknown 96 96 43 (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 79 57 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 102022 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1827 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24876087609	82.2% Excellent	Read 511 Write 350 Mixed 352 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 20.7 130% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 20.5 26% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 27GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 186 158 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3527 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4956 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2640 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 917 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 54299 (C2) HDA temperature 131 107 19 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24.8% Poor	Read 50.1 Write 36.1 Mixed 38.4 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.11 56% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 67%
WD WD5000LUCT-63C26Y0 500GB 2,409 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 15GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 140 1775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 446 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 343 (C2) HDA temperature 124 92 19 (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	33.7% Below average	Read 59.9 Write 57.4 Mixed 69.5 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 62%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 15GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152702917 (03) Spinup time 100 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 227128637 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 50 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5023 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770983443 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 306 (BE) vendor-specific 78 55 370081814 (C2) HDA temperature 22 45 38654705686 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 34 152702917 (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 -48674864339729 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2223444342 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2364572503	43.4% Average	Read 75.4 Write 75.9 Mixed 76.7 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.36 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	108% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 35 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 29.8 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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