Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive188% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus CROSSHAIR VI HERO  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170728
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateFeb 08 '18 at 04:57
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
71.3% Very good
Memory 71.6
1-Core 84.3
2-Core 152
60% 103 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 714
65% 548 Pts
64-Core 1,112
69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 149
Parallax 142
111% 143 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 126
Splatting 102
89% 110 fps
Poor: 108%
This bench: 103%
Great: 132%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470
2TB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Read 508
Write 414
Mixed 428
100% 450 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 62.3
4K Mixed 26
120% 41.3 MB/s
DQ Read 35.7
DQ Write 145
DQ Mixed 72.7
61% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
188% Outstanding
Read 2,105
Write 1,082
Mixed 1,112
315% 1,433 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 59.7
4K Mixed 21.4
116% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 40.2
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 19.7
30% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 188%
Great: 236%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.8% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 27.7
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 25.6
SC Mixed 22.2
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 97.8
41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 129%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical CROSSHAIR VI HERO Builds (Compare 1,742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 92%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $869
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