Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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 Drive	157% 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.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '20 at 19:28
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 81.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 268 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 856 82% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,086 67% 1,086 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 147 Parallax 127 116% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NE-128 128GB 3,172 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0312C0G SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 493 334 178 44 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 526 Mixed 615 SusWrite 265 156% 709 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 30.4 222% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 315 274% 403 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 173%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 721GB free Firmware: HP76 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 177 179 178 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 81.7 Write 140 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 177 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 350% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZB 2x8GB 691 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 33.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 33.2 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 113%

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

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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 $92Bench 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 $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 $179	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