Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 08:10
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 987 87% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,370 85% 1,370 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 78.6 68% 84.2 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 73.1 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 465GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3971 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1924 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 69 47 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 639 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26035774518	79.7% Very good	Read 509 Write 345 Mixed 358 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 22.3 104% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 74.4 80% 131 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 126%
Mushkin MKNSSDTR512GB-3D 512GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1295 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (94) Unknown 100 100 1271 (95) Unknown 100 100 52 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18099 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18099 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3245 (F5) Unknown 100 100 41440	63.3% Good	Read 488 Write 267 Mixed 278 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 10.5 71% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 10.4 48% 111 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 111%
Mushkin MKNSSDRE240GB-LT 240GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 32GB free Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 100 100 118 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 49 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2227 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22101 (F2) Unknown 100 100 46896 (F5) Unknown 100 100 35632	68.6% Good	Read 511 Write 234 Mixed 320 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 20 87% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 47.1 71% 129 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 481GB free Firmware: CC32 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 100 99 5352 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46822947 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3832 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131086 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1726 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4851 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 10 5352 (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 28995324223412 (F1) Unknown 100 253 510489990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1065403534	113% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 182 Mixed 135 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.57 147% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 481GB free Firmware: CC3C 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 110 70 2248 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 54 236266102609 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2936 (B7) Unknown 1 1 109 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 11847 (BC) Unknown 100 82 30065230379 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3601 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 5 2248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -88935887792139 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2190552979 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2044834073	123% Outstanding	Read 226 Write 202 Mixed 151 144% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.71 164% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 481GB free Firmware: CC32 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 114 80 777824 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4103 (05) Reallocated sector count 44 44 36952 (07) Seek error rate 50 41 2207668742123 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3630 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5534 (BC) Unknown 100 96 25770197039 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 606273571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4603 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 10 777824 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -52935471915643 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3972248480 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2619708095	110% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 167 Mixed 146 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.68 161% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 465GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224889648 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13607752 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2536 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 68 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 17752457249 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1042 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15785 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 55834574881 (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 -105042015154716 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22029413703 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14365485200	74.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer 2GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	7.53% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 9.3 Mixed 9.37 15% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.62 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.02 33% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.53% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 29.5 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 112%

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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 $76Bench 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 $46

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