Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics98.4% 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 Drive73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
MotherboardAsus CROSSHAIR VI HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170509
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '18 at 22:49
Run Duration403 Seconds
Run User ISL-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (49th 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
67.9% Good
Memory 72.9
1-Core 116
2-Core 189
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 652
59% 495 Pts
64-Core 1,188
74% 1,188 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
98.4% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 140
Parallax 119
103% 128 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 127
Splatting 106
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
353GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Read 478
Write 329
Mixed 338
84% 382 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 49.3
4K Mixed 21.8
89% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 195
DQ Write 115
DQ Mixed 43.3
62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 99%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121
4.5TB free
Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0739
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 170
Write 123
105% 146 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 103%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 9401
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
66.7% Good
Read 108
Write 125
Mixed 104
84% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 1.18
4K Mixed 0.15
60% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 103%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750
528GB free
Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
47.1% Average
Read 91.4
Write 72.6
Mixed 88.4
64% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.54
105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 47.1%
Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB
271GB free
Firmware: 0711
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Read 161
Write 147
Mixed 107
103% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 7.51
4K Mixed 0.65
232% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40
25GB free
Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
26.9% Poor
Read 45
Write 48.5
Mixed 42.3
34% 45.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 0.95
4K Mixed 0.32
78% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 26.9%
Great: 44%
SAMSUNG HD103UJ 1TB
460GB free, PID 0c25
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
18.7% Very poor
Read 33.9
Write 35.1
Mixed 33.9
44% 34.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 1.95
4K Mixed 0.37
81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 18.7%
Great: 22%
WD Elements 2TB
226GB free, PID 1021
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
18.8% Very poor
Read 36.8
Write 36.2
Mixed 34.7
46% 35.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.78
4K Mixed 0.15
68% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 18.8%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.8% Very good
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 26.9
82% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 20.9
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 94.9
42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 95%

 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%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO - $227

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $855
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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