Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 04:19
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 784 73% 609 Pts	64-Core 1,187 74% 1,187 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 327 317 303 296 288 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 472 Mixed 373 SusWrite 316 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 46.1 158% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 353 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 600GB-$472 694 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 307GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 218 218 217 205 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 247 Write 216 Mixed 192 SusWrite 214 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 26.1 85% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 74.2 62% 92.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 55%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 26GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 474 Mixed 372 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 45.5 162% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 350 260% 346 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 122GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 479 478 451 378 364 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 477 Mixed 362 SusWrite 438 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 45.1 160% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 326 250% 336 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 214GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 246 246 245 246 246 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	76.4% Very good	Read 257 Write 241 Mixed 231 SusWrite 246 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 40 140% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 184 136% 178 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $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 $300	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