Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	132% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 11:32
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 734 70% 579 Pts	64-Core 1,031 64% 1,031 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 181 Parallax 174 137% 175 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 174 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 236 267 160 256 245 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,403 Write 520 Mixed 190 SusWrite 270 129% 596 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 36.3 105% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 109 210% 423 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 244%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 116GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 257 257 239 217 182 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 408 Write 313 Mixed 346 SusWrite 230 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 31.5 114% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 196 167% 243 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 102%
Seagate ST10000VE0008-2KX101 10TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 75GB free Firmware: EV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 187 176 177 169 166 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 120%
Seagate ST10000VE0008-2KX101 10TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free Firmware: EV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 144 147 148 143 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 120%
WD WD81EJRX-89DBHY0 8TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 305GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 154 150 156 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 165 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 153 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.7 243% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x16GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 31.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 28.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 111%

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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%

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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 $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 $95Bench 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 $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