Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180122
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 02:31
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 65.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 205 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 679 63% 524 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 93 56% 74.1 fps	MRender 61.8 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 79.4 56% 66.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 2,145 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT02L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 161 172 174 172 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 441 Write 199 Mixed 163 SusWrite 171 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 25.6 106% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 79.1 115% 219 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 38 39 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 144 Write 38.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 38.5 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 662GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 183 180 185 185 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 150 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 182 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 874GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 172 171 178 175 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 134 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 172 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 430GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 73 76 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 104 Write 107 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 73.9 114% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 50%

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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 $211Bench 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 $90Bench 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