Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 01:58
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 70 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 195 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 593 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 207 182 191 176 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 447 Write 347 Mixed 167 SusWrite 205 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 32.4 113% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 73.1 86% 154 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 120%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 175 177 177 176 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 138 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 177 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 110%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 537GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 109 110 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 69 SusWrite 109 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 120 122 122 121 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 70 SusWrite 119 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.1 151% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 465GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 168 166 167 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 148 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 167 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G Skill Intl F4-3000C15-8GTZR Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR Skill Intl F4-3000C15-8GTZR Skill Intl F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 103%

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VI HERO (WI-FI AC)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	55x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	52x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	47x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	53x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	26x

SSD
Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSabrent $100Bench 317%, 46,203 samples	27x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	15x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $549

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 $40	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