Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	280% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 20:36
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 734 68% 569 Pts	64-Core 1,305 81% 1,305 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 199 Parallax 196 148% 192 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 179 Splatting 129 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1925 822 596 601 603 601 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,394 Write 2,187 Mixed 1,427 SusWrite 858 383% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 85.7 287% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,012 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 948 712% 951 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 340%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 221GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 422 457 417 455 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 459 Mixed 329 SusWrite 439 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 35.2 124% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 284 235% 336 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 995GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 157 160 160 161 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 122 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 158 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 149GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 57.8 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 62 41% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 128 125 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 128 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 104%

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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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Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

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 $95Bench 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 $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