Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	99.7% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 07:58
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 868 82% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,271 79% 1,271 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.3 89% 108 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 108 Splatting 91 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 233 228 216 222 211 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 443 Mixed 363 SusWrite 247 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 48.2 161% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 323 250% 339 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 160GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,847 Write 3,082 Mixed 3,846 1,008% 4,592 MB/s	4K Read 379 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 274 1,049% 296 MB/s	DQ Read 1,176 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 904 695% 954 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 48GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,330 Write 1,455 Mixed 928 345% 1,571 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 65.1 225% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 946 DQ Write 868 DQ Mixed 916 685% 910 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 479GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 145 147 141 144 147 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 74 SusWrite 145 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 49GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 110 105 110 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 66.2 Write 68.8 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 110 49% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 358% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 129%

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

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO - $250

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	313x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	138x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	79x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	64x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	57x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	56x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	54x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	52x

RAM
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 4x8GBGBench 94%, 9,782 samples	41x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 2x8GBGBench 90%, 10,185 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $988

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