Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus CROSSHAIR VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	May 31 '21 at 10:07
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 74 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 745 69% 578 Pts	64-Core 1157 72% 1157 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 151 Parallax 138 120% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 151 Splatting 127 108% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,346 Write 1,054 Mixed 1,486 358% 1,628 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 54.3 180% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 352 258% 334 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 641GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 105 101 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 118 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 103 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 200 198 200 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 184 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 200 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.7 179% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 200 196 202 199 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 189 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 199 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.4 153% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 1,686 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 165 166 166 165 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 135 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 165 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 207 199 195 206 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 192 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 199 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 171% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 142 147 147 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 141 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 143 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 420% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 92%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 134 135 134 136 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 133 Write 147 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 135 176% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 129%

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Gaming 92%

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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 $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) $30	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